Top updates: Trump extends ceasefire with Iran till Tehran submits ‘unified proposal’ to end war

United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was extending the ceasefire with Iran until Tehran comes up with a proposal to end the conflict in West Asia permanently.

Trump made the announcement hours before a two-week ceasefire, which began on April 8, was due to expire.

However, Mahdi Mohammadi, advisor to the speaker of the Iranian parliament, said that the extension of the ceasefire “means nothing”, Al Jazeera reported. “The losing side cannot dictate terms,” he asserted. “The continuation of the siege is no different from bombardment and must be met with a military response.”

Mohammadi was further quoted as saying by Al Jazeera: “Moreover, Trump’s ceasefire extension is certainly a ploy to buy time for a surprise strike. The time for Iran to take the initiative has come.”

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: pic.twitter.com/ATdRyY1qqK— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 21, 2026

Here are more top updates from the war in West Asia:

• On the ceasefire, the US president said: “Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of [Pakistani army chief] Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and...

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