Washington, April 8 -- American President Donald Trump said the United States and Iran were "very far along" towards a "definitive" peace agreement, while announcing a two-week ceasefire to allow negotiations to proceed.
The announcement came as a dramatic late-evening development that pulled the two sides back from the brink of a major military confrontation.
At 18:32 Washington time (4:02 am IST Wednesday), Trump posted on his social media platform that he would suspend planned military strikes on Iran for a period of two weeks, citing ongoing diplomatic progress.
The move came just ahead of a self-imposed 20:00 EDT (5:30 am IST Wednesday) deadline.
Washington had earlier warned of massive strikes targeting Iranian energy and transpor...