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Iran war updates: Trump suspends US attacks, Tehran agrees to ceasefire
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Iran war updates: Trump suspends US attacks, Tehran agrees to ceasefire

Here are some of the day's top developments: The United States won a "total and complete victory" after agreeing a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with the AFP news agency. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif earlier said the deal included "Lebanon and elsewhere" and is effective immediately. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office later said the agreement between the US and Iran "does not include Lebanon". Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid has reacted to the ceasefire and said Netanyahu has "failed politically".

Iran and US agree to conditional two-week ceasefire and opening of Hormuz strait
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Iran and US agree to conditional two-week ceasefire and opening of Hormuz strait

Donald Trump announces a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, if shipping is allowed through the Strait of Hormuz Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran will agree to the end in fighting "if attacks against Iran are halted". Here's what else Iran says is in the 10-point ceasefire plan - including compensation

US, Iran, Israel Agree To 2-Week Ceasefire; Tehran Will Allow Safe Passage Via Hormuz For Two Weeks
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US, Iran, Israel Agree To 2-Week Ceasefire; Tehran Will Allow Safe Passage Via Hormuz For Two Weeks

President Trump agrees to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, conditional on them "agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz" Iran accepts Pakistan's two-week ceasefire proposal, with the deal approved by the New Supreme Leader; Iran also says safe passage via Hormuz "Possible" for two weeks Israel has reportedly agreed to suspend bombing while talks are ongoing.

With Trump Threatening Genocide in Iran, Military Must Disobey His Orders, Former Pentagon Officials Say
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With Trump Threatening Genocide in Iran, Military Must Disobey His Orders, Former Pentagon Officials Say

President Donald Trump threatened to commit genocide in Iran, ahead of warnings of a wave of attacks on civilian infrastructure on Tuesday night. "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," he wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday. This followed a drumbeat of similar threats of wanton and criminal destruction. "The entire country could be taken out in one night. And that night might be tomorrow night," he said on Monday, having recently warned he would bomb Iran "back to the Stone Ages." "President Trump has repeatedly threatened war crimes in Iran and now he is expressing genocidal intent," said Sarah Harrison, an associate general counsel at the Pentagon's Office of General Counsel, International Affairs during Trump's first term. "Every single lawmaker and national security leader needs to stand against this and make clear to the U.S. military that these are unlawful orders and if carried out they will someday face criminal prosecution."...

Did Trump just threaten genocide in Iran?
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Did Trump just threaten genocide in Iran?

President Donald Trump's threat against Iran marks a grave political and moral decline. Speaking about a possible expansion of the bombing campaign, he said that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." That sentence does not sound like the language of a president discussing military objectives. It presents the possible result of American action as the destruction of a civilization. Once a president speaks in those terms, accusations of genocidal threat cease to be fanciful or polemical. He has introduced them himself. The legal point should be stated with care. A court would probably not treat this single statement as dispositive proof of genocidal mens rea. The Genocide Convention sets a high threshold. It requires specific intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a protected group as such...