White House: All targets have been achieved in the Iran war.

This deal was reached just less than two hours before US President Donald Trump's deadline, who had earlier threatened to destroy a full “civilisation”.

This threat, which critics warned that it could constitute a war crime if it was to be carried out, seems to have been avoided in the last minute.

However, there is a huge gap between the two countries, each presenting the temporary truce as a victory for itself, writes cn.

The truce serves as the starting point for further negotiations, while it remains to be seen what final conditions could be included in an agreement that would establish the end of a war that has shaken the Middle East and caused the historic disruption of the global oil market.

What did the U.S. and Israel say?

Donald Trump announced the ceasefire through a message on the Social Truth, stressing that the agreement was reached on the condition that Iran agree to reopen Hormuz' strategic Strait, through which a fifth of global oil flows.

He added that the ceasefire was mediated by Pakistan's prime minister and his military chief. Iran had proposed a 10-point plan, which the United States views as “a applicable basis to negotiate”, the 79-year-old said.

He said the next two weeks will serve in preparing a final agreement, Telegrafi reports.

As the ceasefire went into effect Wednesday, US vice president JD Vance described it as a fragile <x0 mic” that had taught him many lessons about Iran.

In an interview for the AFP news agency on Tuesday, Donald Trump described the agreement as <x0fitre total and complete”.