New Delhi, April 8 -- Iran has agreed to the two-week ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump. Iran's Foreign Minister, Sayed Abbas Araghchi, said the country will cease its defensive operations if strikes against it are halted.

"If attacks against Iran are halted, our powerful armed forces will cease their defensive operations," Araghchi said in a statement on X on behalf of Iran's Supreme National Council.

The statement came hours after US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had agreed to suspend military actions against Iran for two weeks, citing progress in negotiations and diplomatic interventions by Pakistan.

"Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakis...