Bangladesh, April 9 -- The US military has paused its strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump announced he has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Tehran in a last-minute offramp, allowing him to delay his threat to obliterate Iran's power grid and bridges.

Trump said the proposal, extended by Pakistan, would include opening the Strait of Hormuz - through which a fifth of the world's energy supplies pass in peacetime- while Washington and Tehran tried to negotiate a peace deal.

Tehran also said it has accepted the proposal, with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi saying that if the US and Israel halt their attacks, Iran will also suspend its "defensive operation" for two weeks.

Araghchi- a veteran of past nuclear negotiations...