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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Trump: Ceasefire will last ‘forever,’ Israel and Iran won’t ‘ever be shooting at each other again’; White House official: US held direct, indirect talks with Iran
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US President Donald Trump arranged an Israel-Iran ceasefire during a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon, a senior White House official tells Reuters.
US Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff held direct and indirect calls with Iran to broker the ceasefire, the official says.
Israel agreed to the ceasefire so long as Iran refrains from launching further attacks, and Iran has signaled it will not carry out more strikes, the official says.
Separately, Trump tells NBC News that he expects the Israel-Iran ceasefire to last “forever,” and says it marks “a wonderful day for the world, in my opinion.”
“It’s a great day for America. It’s a great day for the Middle East. I’m very happy to have been able to get the job done,” he says. “A lot of people were dying, and it was only going to get worse. It would have brought the whole Middle East down.”
Asked how long the ceasefire will last, Trump says: “I think the ceasefire is unlimited. It’s going to go forever.”
He adds that the war is completely over, saying he does not believe Israel and Iran “will ever be shooting at each other again.”
The Times of Israel Community.