The United States and Iran claim to have achieved a ceasefire, but the firing hasn't ceased. On Wednesday morning, a few hours after the two sides announced that they had agreed to stop fighting for two weeks thanks to Pakistan's mediation, bombs were falling across the Middle East, killing hundreds of people.
In his initial Tuesday night announcement, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrote that there would be an "immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY." U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that the ceasefire would be subject to "the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi agreed that "safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran's Armed Forces" for the two-week period.
