President Trump announced Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed on a "Complete and Total" ceasefire, a move he said would end a more than weeklong conflict between the two countries.
The ceasefire will start in about six hours, and after 12 hours, the "War will be considered, ENDED," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social, indicating that the ceasefire would begin at midnight ET.
"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," the president said.
There has been no official word yet from Israel or Iran on a ceasefire.
The terms of the apparent ceasefire aren't clear. CBS News has reached out to the White House for more information.
The conflict between Israel and Iran began June 13 with Israel launching airstrikes against Iranian nuclear and military targets. The strikes — which killed several top Iranian military officials — prompted Iranian counterattacks on Israel.
At least 950 people have been killed and 3,450 wounded in Israel's strikes in Iran, including a mix of military personnel and civilians, the group Human Rights Activists told the Associated Press. Iran's attacks have killed at least 24 people in Israel, according to Israeli officials.
The U.S. took military action against Iran over the weekend, striking three sites that are believed to be key to Iran's nuclear program. The move sparked fears of a wider war, but Iran's response on Monday was fairly limited. Iran fired more than a dozen missiles at a U.S. base in Qatar, most of which were intercepted, and no injuries were reported, U.S. and Qatari officials said.
Iran called its response "devastating and powerful," but Mr. Trump called it "very weak." The president said in another social media post that he wanted "to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost."
Dispute over Iran's nuclear program still lingers
It's not clear how the ceasefire announcement will impact a broader dispute over the fate of Iran's nuclear program.
Israel's campaign was primarily aimed at Iran's nuclear program, as the country's stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium has grown rapidly in recent months, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Israel has alleged Iran was secretly "racing towards a nuclear bomb." But earlier this year, U.S. intelligence agencies assessed that Iran was not making nuclear weapons, though "pressure has probably built" for Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to reauthorize the country's nuclear weapons program.
Mr. Trump said last week he believed the intelligence community was "wrong" about Iran's nuclear ambitions, telling reporters, "I think they were very close to having one." Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the issue "irrelevant" in an interview Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," saying Iranian officials "have everything they need to build the weapon."
Iran has long insisted its uranium enrichment program is peaceful.
For weeks, Mr. Trump has sought a broader deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program, but even before Israel began striking Iran, administration officials had grown frustrated with what they viewed as Iran's unwillingness to actually negotiate, a U.S. official told CBS News. Mr. Trump has suggested Iran should abandon all uranium enrichment, but Iran rejected that demand.
Mr. Trump said over the weekend the U.S.'s strikes had "obliterated" three Iranian nuclear sites, including two subterranean uranium enrichment facilities, though Iran has downplayed the damage.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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