People work to recover items from the site of a US-Israeli strike on a commercial district on March 29, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
President Donald Trump said in an April 1 Truth Social post that Iran’s president wants a cease-fire, ahead of the U.S. president’s scheduled address to the American people.
“Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!” Trump said on his social media platform.
Victoria Friedman is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of international stories, with a particular interest in technology, eastern Europe, and defense.
