{"id":6355,"date":"2026-04-22T14:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:10:36","slug":"us-president-trump-extends-iran-ceasefire-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6355","title":{"rendered":"US President Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire Indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Donald Trump has announced an indefinite extension of the ceasefire with Iran, following requests from leaders in Pakistan, as efforts to revive peace talks continue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The ceasefire, which was due to expire this week, will now remain in place without a fixed deadline to allow more time for diplomacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Officials said the decision came after appeals from Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir, who are facilitating negotiations between Washington and Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Despite the extension, uncertainty remains over the future of talks. Iran has not confirmed whether it will participate in the next round of negotiations in Islamabad, and internal divisions within its leadership continue to delay progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The United States has maintained pressure during the ceasefire, including continued naval operations, which Iran has criticized as violations of the truce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">President Trump warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail, highlighting the fragile nature of the current pause. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The conflict, which escalated earlier this year, has disrupted global oil markets and increased tensions across the Middle East.<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260422_050904_487.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Donald Trump has announced an indefinite extension of the ceasefire with Iran, following requests from leaders in Pakistan, as efforts to revive peace talks continue. The ceasefire, which was due to expire this week, will now remain in place without a fixed deadline to allow more time for diplomacy. Officials said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1776848865870.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6357,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355\/revisions\/6357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}