How Donald Trump mediated the ceasefire on Israel, Iran

Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan met in a feverish wave of phone diplomacy on Monday evening, as the US President pressed Israel to accept a truce while Qatar urged Tehran to register.

Shortly after Iran’s attack on friendly, an American military base in Qatar, on Monday, Trump A person familiar with this issue said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a deal in principle.

According to a diplomat, he briefed him on the talks, Trump told Prince Al -Qatari Prince Sheikh Tarim bin Hamad Al Thani that he convinced Israel to agree to the ceasefire and asked Doha to persuade the Iranian leadership to accept the armistice.

The first person confirmed this Qatar Then he spoke to Iran about the armistice, which met within about two hours. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

The ceasefire crowned an extraordinary 72 -hour shooting of the escalating conflict, during which Trump first published the American military against a historical enemy, then raised the heat on an ally in his pursuit of sudden peace.

Iran’s attack on AyideThe largest military base for the United States in the Middle East was in response to Trump’s decision to deploy thorny war planes to strike the main nuclear sites in Tehran with huge bombs that penetrate at the end of the week.

But on Monday, Trump was quick to point out that he would not take revenge on Iran’s strikes, which has not yet successfully caused air defenses in Qatar.

Iran thanked “for giving us an early notice,” the US President described Tehran’s response to Washington’s bombing of its nuclear sites as “very weak”, and he said he hoped “they took everything out of their” regime. “

Trump then organized the diplomatic batch to end the 12 -day conflict, caused by a widespread air attack by Israel on Iran.

Although it is a target of Iran’s attack, Qatar was a natural choice as a dialogue. The small Gulf state is one of the few countries that have historically have good relations with both Tehran and Washington and have a long record of work as a mediator on behalf of the United States – from Afghanistan to Venezuela.

After the first call between Trump and Sheikh Tarim, US Vice President JD Vance and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman said the details, and contacted the Israelis and the Iranians, respectively.

“After discussions with the Qatari Prime Minister, the Iranians agreed,” the regional diplomat said. “Although they were attacked a few hours ago, the Qataris set aside their complaints and secured regional security to complete the deal.”

By early evening in Washington on Monday, Trump announced sudden penetration, and announced a ceasefire and congratulating “both countries, Israel and Iran, to obtain endurance, courage and intelligence to end what should be called” War 12 “.

Early on Tuesday, he thanked the Emir of Qatar, “for everything he did to seek peace for the region.”

But the fragile deal was tested immediately. An Iranian blow to a residential building in southern Israel killed at least four people at about 6 am, an hour before the start of the shooting. The Israeli authorities said that other missiles were launched in northern Israel at about 10:30 am.

Israel, which carried out intense bombing of Tehran, said it had responded to the destruction of the radar installation near the Iranian capital.

Netanyahu’s office said it refrained from a more powerful response after speaking to Trump, who accused both sides of violating the armistice and said he was “unhappy with Israel.”

Both sides are expected to the top hand. Netanyahu’s office said that the goals of the Israel operation had been achieved, while Iran claimed that the truce “imposed” a ceasefire on its enemy and proud of its revenge against the United States.

The indirect communication between the United States and Iran continued even during the conflict. Qatar and Sultanate carried messages between Tehran and Washington, and Iran indicated that it agreed to end the war.

But despite the damage to Israel and the risk of American strikes, the Iranian leadership insisted that it would only agree to a ceasefire if Israel stops shooting and that it will not surrender under Israeli pressure and the United States.

Israeli officials were also searching for a way to conclude the fighting because the United States carried out a raid of its bombing on Iranian nuclear facilities in the night of the night on Sunday, according to people familiar with the situation.

A person familiar with the government said that the extent of damage to nuclear facilities is still evaluated, as Israeli officials considered the achievements of the campaign “very important.”

Another said: “It is an appropriate time to resign,” adding that Israeli officials wanted to convert their “military achievements into diplomatic achievements.”

The diplomat, who was briefed on the talks, said that there are no “great conditions” for the ceasefire other than the stopping of the fighting, but the next issue is whether the CV of the United States and Iran are talking about resolving the nuclear confrontation with the Islamic Republic, which lies in the root of the crisis.

Another person familiar with the thinking of the Israeli government stressed that the Netanyahu administration was seeking a direct end to the hostilities – “we will stop, and they will stop” – and then wanted to see a renewed diplomatic boost by the international community in the Iranian nuclear program.

Trump said that the American strikes on Sunday were “completely rented” on the main Iranian -Ford and Natanz facilities.

For Netanyahu, Trump’s military intervention was decisive in allowing him to claim that his goals had been fulfilled, as Israel lacked military fire to cause major damage to Fordo, which was deeply buried under the mountain and is the main site where Iran was producing high -enriching uranium.

But the full range of damage is still unclear. The location of 400 kg of uranium that Iran has influenced near the degree of weapons, with the possibility of transporting it before the attacks on its plants.

There was a previous batch of ceasefire last week when Sheikh Muhammad in Qatar held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragshi in Istanbul on Thursday, the diplomat said.

This diplomatic effort was disturbed by American strikes on Iranian nuclear plants, and there were no other talks until Monday night.

Now, the focus will return to nuclear conversations. In a sign of the upcoming challenges, Iranian Atomic Energy President Mohammadi Islami said on Tuesday that there will be no stopping in the nuclear activities of the regime.