Trump claims 'regime change' in Iran, vows no uranium enrichment, says many of 15 peace points already agreed

Hours after a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran took hold overnight, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social Wednesday, claiming that Iran had undergone "regime change" and announcing that Washington would work closely with Tehran toward denuclearisation, sanctions relief, and long-term peace.

In the post Trump said, “The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change! There 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 “Dust.” It is now, and has been, under very exacting Satellite Surveillance (Space Force!). Nothing has been touched from the date of attack. We are, and will be, talking Tariff and Sanctions relief with Iran. Many of the 15 points have already been been agreed to.”

He also said in another post, "A 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. There will be no exclusions or exemptions!"

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The US and Iran reached a ceasefire deal on Tuesday, less than two hours before the deadline Trump had imposed for Iran to meet his demands or face wide-scale destruction. Under the agreement, Trump said the US and Israel would suspend bombing Iran for a period of two weeks, subject to Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz for safe passage.

On Tuesday morning, Trump dramatically escalated his warnings, posting on Truth Social that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" if no agreement was reached. He also wrote that with "complete and total regime change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen."

Trump set 8 pm ET Tuesday as the deadline, and had previously threatened to hit Iran's bridges, power plants, oil wells, and water desalination plants. Legal experts had warned the targeting of civilian infrastructure would constitute a war crime under international humanitarian law.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who acted as an intermediary, said the ceasefire would take effect immediately, and invited delegations from both sides for peace talks in Islamabad on Friday, April 10.


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Trump announced the agreement on social media, writing: "This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE! The 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 Long-term PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East." He said Iran's 10-point peace proposal was "a workable basis on which to negotiate" and that "almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed Tehran's acceptance, saying Iran would allow safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz during the two-week window via coordination with Iran's armed forces.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed the ceasefire on the Iran front but said it would not extend to Israel's fighting in Lebanon, directly contradicting Pakistan's position. Israeli forces continued strikes in Lebanon even as the ceasefire took hold.