Says US will work closely with Iran, warns countries supplying military weapons to Iran of immediate 50% tariffs
\n Washington
\nThe United States will work closely with Iran and the two countries are discussing tariff and sanctions relief, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, following the \u200bannouncement of a two-week ceasefire.
\nTrump pulled back from the brink of a threatened full-on assault on \u200cIran on Tuesday night, two hours before a deadline he had set for Tehran to open the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.
\n\u201cWe are, and will be, talking \u200btariff and sanctions relief with Iran,\u201d Trump said in a social media post.
\nDespite his ebullient comments and widespread relief on Iran\u2019s streets and in global financial markets over the \u200bceasefire, the main disagreements between Washington and Tehran remain unresolved and the two sides are sticking \u200bto competing demands for a potential peace deal.
\nTrump also said in a post on Truth Social that his administration would work closely with Iran, following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan.
\nTrump Truth Social post
\n\u201cThe United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change!\u201d Trump wrote. He added, \u201cThere will be no enrichment of Uranium, and the United States will, working with Iran, dig up and remove all of the deeply buried (B-2 Bombers) nuclear \u2018dust\u2019.
\n\u201cIt is now, and has been, under very exacting Satellite Surveillance (Space Force!),\u201d the president said, noting, \u201cNothing has been touched from the date of attack.\u201d
\nHe added that the US was and would continue to discuss tariffs and sanctions with Iran. \u201cMany of the 15 points have already been been agreed to,\u201d Trump said.
\nIn a separate post, Trump wrote: \u201cA Country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, 50%, effective immediately.\u201d
\nTrump post on Truth Social
\nHe added that there would be no exclusions or exemptions in this regard.
\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced earlier today that Iran and the US \u201calong with their allies have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere, including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY\u201d.
\nIn a post on X, PM Shehbaz further invited the US and Iran\u2019s \u201cdelegations to Islamabad on Friday, April 10 2026, to further negotiate for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes\u201d.
\nTrump agreed to the two-week ceasefire with less than two hours before his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastating attacks on its civilian infrastructure.
\nUS President Donald Trump on Truth Social.
\n\u201cA big day for World Peace! Iran wants it to happen, they\u2019ve had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else!\u201d he said on Truth Social. The post added that \u201cThe United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d
\nTrump\u2019s announcement represented an abrupt turnaround from an earlier claim, when he issued a warning that \u201ca whole civilisation will die tonight\u201d if his demands were not met.
\nTrump said the last-minute deal was subject to Iran\u2019s agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas supplies through the strait, which typically handles about one-fifth of global oil shipments. Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a statement that Tehran would stop counter-attacks and provide safe passage through the waterway.
\n\u201cThis will be a double-sided CEASEFIRE!\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. \u201cThe reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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