Trump's announcement came after an expected trip by Vice President JD Vance to Pakistan for a peace talks with Iranian officials was put on hold.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will not go forward with new strikes on Iran at the request of Pakistani officials, extending the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Trump said Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir asked the U.

Trump is extending a ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request. The announcement came as a two-week truce was set to expire Wednesday.

With a two-week ceasefire set to expire and Iran balking at the resumption of peace talks, President Trump said he would be extending the deadline to allow for Iran to "come up with a unified proposal.

President Donald Trump is holding firm on Iran, according to comments he made during an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Thursday while visiting Beijing, China. The president boasted of the United States’s military success in the war and suggested a bleak outlook for the future of the Middle Eastern country.

US President Donald Trump said Iran is "finished" and must negotiate a deal to end the conflict or face annihilation.