Fragile ceasefire holding, Trump envoy says peace talks with Iran ‘promising’

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The ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding on Wednesday a day after both countries signalled that their air war had ended, at least for now.

Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said late on Tuesday that talks between the United States and Iran were “promising” and that Washington was hopeful for a long-term peace deal.

“We are already talking to each other, not just directly but also through interlocutors. I think that the conversations are promising. We are hopeful that we can have a long-term peace agreement that resurrects Iran,” Witkoff said in an interview on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” show.

“Now it’s for us to sit down with the Iranians and get to a comprehensive peace agreement, and I am very confident that we are going to achieve that,” he added.

Read the full Reuters story here.

Iraqi boys hold Iranian flags as they celebrate what they and other Iraqis celebrating say is Iran’s victory, after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, in Baghdad, Iraq on June 24. — Reuters
Iraqi boys hold Iranian flags as they celebrate what they and other Iraqis celebrating say is Iran’s victory, after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, in Baghdad, Iraq on June 24. — Reuters

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