UPDATE It has been 2 hours. There is still mixed reporting. According to Reuters, Qatar said Iran had agreed to the ceasefire. The ceasefire has not been confirmed or denied by Iran or Israel. Iran and Israel are still both attacking. Trump’s post said that the ceasefire must begin within 6 hours, that would be midnight eastern time.
In my own personal judgement, I can not definitively say whether the ceasefire is real or fake.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-announces-israel-iran-ceasefire-2025-06-23/
UPDATE 2 It has been 3 hours since Trump’s posts.
Fars News reports that “The ceasefire proposal put forward by U.S. President Donald Trump is completely false and was floated to distract public attention from the recent humiliation suffered by the United States following attacks on its bases in the region.” Fars News Agency is managed by the IRGC, therefore I consider it to be reliable on reporting decisions of the Iranian government.
https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1937308597467132090#m
Iran Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi says that there is no ceasefire agreement. “As of now, there is NO ‘agreement’ on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations. However, provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4 am Tehran time, we have no intention to continue our response afterwards.”
https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1937313778451763487#m
It’s reported that Israel does have air superiority over certain regions of Iran (Israel claims much more /all of Iran but that’s highly doubtful)
Israel opened the fighting with successfull attacks on Iranian infrastructure and commanders.
Meanwhile Israel’s problem is just an inability to deal with the constant barrages from Iran, there was no surprise attack on their capabilities.
So while a ceasefire does benefit Israel in being able to re-up their Air Defenses, it also has much greater potential to help Iran, as they would now be able to access and/or move infrastructure they can’t currently access and also they can better organize/embedd their new command structures.
I’m aware of reports they haven’t received a ceasefire and/or don’t intend to accept one. This is just explanation for why they would potentially accept a ceasefire.
Wrong because the ceasefire means jack shit and Israel will sucker punch again at their discretion. All this does is cut another slice of salami