US President Donald Trump said late on Monday that Israel and Iran agreed to a “complete and total” ceasefire, which he said would begin in about six hours time.
“It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE ,” Trump posted on his Truth Social network.
“Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World,” Trump added.
“CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE…” –President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/hLTBT34KnG
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 23, 2025
In an interview on Fox News moments after Trump’s announcement, Vice President JD Vance praised the US president for getting the deal “across the finish line.”
“We were actually working on that just as I left the White House to come over here. So that’s good news, that the president was able to get that across the finish line,” Vance said.
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Vance also said that Iran was no longer able to build a nuclear weapon after Saturday’s strike against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites.
“Iran was very close to having a nuclear weapon… Now Iran is incapable of building a nuclear weapon with the equipment they have because we destroyed it,” Vance said, adding that the next six hours will see Israel and Iran finalising their strikes against one another.
“Tomorrow really is a new day – the end of the 12-day war, the end of the Iranian nuclear program, and I really do believe the beginning of something very big for peace in the Middle East.”
As of 00:00 GMT, there was no official reaction from either the Israeli or Iranian government’s.
An Iranian official told CNN that Tehran had not received the US ceasefire proposal and he saw no reason to end the war with Israel and the United States.
“At this very moment, the enemy is committing aggression against Iran, and Iran is on the verge of intensifying its retaliatory strikes, with no ear to listen to the lies of its enemies,” the official said.
Trump’s announcement came nearly 48 hours after the US directly joined Israel’s days-long assault on the Islamic Republic and bombed Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities.
On Monday, Iran fired several missiles as part of a choreographed retaliatory strike against the US’ Al-Udeid base in Qatar. Trump had called the Iranian attack a “very weak response” and said he would renew efforts to negotiate a peace between Israel and Iran.
Middle East Eye staff saw missiles flying above the gleaming skyscrapers and marina of the Qatari capital, with videos shared with MEE showing Qatar’s air defence systems engaging the missiles.
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In an earlier post, Trump thanked Iran for “giving us early notice” of the missile strikes and said that no Americans had been killed or harmed in the attack.
His remarks suggested that the Iranian response was carefully coordinated to allow Tehran and Washington an off-ramp. “Most importantly, they’ve gotten it all out of their ‘system,’ and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE,” Trump wrote.
“Perhaps Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same.”
Israel began attacking Iran on 13 June, and repeatedly targeted the country’s military and nuclear facilities, as well as assassinated high-profile security, intelligence and military commanders as well as scientists.
In response, Iran fired barrages of missiles towards Haifa, Tel Aviv and other major Israeli cities, striking several sensitive areas.
Israel’s military censor, as a matter of policy, has barred local and international media outlets from publishing the details of the exact locations targeted.
Last week, the Israeli army said in a statement that the country’s air defences were not fully secure against missile attacks.
Meanwhile, a senior US official told MEE that Israel, along with the US, had exhausted their supplies of ballistic missile interceptors, just days into the hostilities with Iran.
