Trump Announces Iran-Israel Ceasefire, Comes After Tehran Targets US Base in Qatar With No Casualties

Ailin Vilches Arguello

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Traces are seen in the sky after Iran’s armed forces say they targeted The Al-Udeid base in a missile attack, as seen from Doha, Qatar, June 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a “complete and total” ceasefire between Iran and Israel that will begin at midnight, ending the 12-day war between the two Middle Eastern adversaries.

In a post on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump said that Iran and Israel will complete their final military missions that are underway, before the truce takes effect.

“During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL. On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR,’” Trump posted. “This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn’t, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!”

A senior White House official told the Reuters news agency that Israel had agreed the ceasefire so long as Iran does not launch further attacks, adding that Trump brokered the deal in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump’s announcement came just a few hours after Iran launched multiple missiles against the Al Udeid US airbase in Qatar on Monday, retaliating for American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend.

In a post on X, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry announced the country had successfully intercepted Iranian missiles, noting there were no casualties, but condemned the strikes as “brazen aggression.”

“The State of Qatar strongly condemns the attack that targeted Al-Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. We consider this a flagrant violation of sovereignty,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said in a statement.

“We reassured that Qatar’s air defenses successfully thwarted the attack and intercepted the Iranian missiles,” he continued.

Shortly after the attack, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council also released a statement confirming it had carried out the strike on Qatar — a Gulf state known for maintaining close ties with Tehran, often acting as a mediator in regional conflicts.

“The base that was targeted in the attack by the powerful Iranian forces was far from urban facilities and residential areas in Qatar,” the statement reads. “This action did not pose any threat to our friendly and brotherly country, Qatar, and its noble people.”

On Saturday night, the United States launched a large-scale military strike against Iran, destroying key nuclear enrichment facilities, including the heavily fortified Fordow site.

In a public address, Trump said that the operation had “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capabilities and urged Tehran to “make peace,” warning that any future aggression would be met with even greater force.

Just before the missile strike on a US base, Iranian President Mahmoud Pezeshkian warned that Saturday’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites would not go “unanswered.”

“We neither initiated the war nor wanted it; but we will not leave the aggression against #GreaterIran unanswered. We will stand by the security of this #belovednation with all our being and respond to every wound on Iran’s body with faith, wisdom, and determination,” the Iranian leader wrote in a post on X.

Trump said after the missile launches that Iran had given the US prior notice of the attack, suggesting that the regime was not intending to hurt Americans but rather to save face following the weekend bombing.

“Iran has officially responded to our Obliteration of their Nuclear Facilities with a very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered. There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social. “I am pleased to report that NO Americans were harmed, and hardly any damage was done. Most importantly, they’ve gotten it all out of their ‘system,’ and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE. I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured. Perhaps Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same.”

Trump then noted in a follow-up post that no Qataris were injured in the attack and thanked “the Highly Respected Emir of Qatar for all that he has done in seeking Peace for the Region.” The Algemeiner has previously reported on Qatar’s extensive support for terrorist groups such as Hamas and its far-reaching financial entanglements within American institutions, which experts describe as a coordinated effort to influence US policy making and public opinion in Doha’s favor.

After widespread media speculation over whether the US would intervene in the Iran-Israel conflict, Trump chose to join Israel’s military campaign against military installations and nuclear sites across Iran, aiming to eliminate what Israeli officials described as an imminent nuclear threat following the collapse of nuclear negotiations between Washington and Tehran.

Tehran has not only launched retaliatory strikes against US assets in the Middle East but also threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz — a narrow waterway through which roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas supply passes — and mobilize proxy groups in response to the latest American attacks.

The Iranian parliament has approved a plan to close the strait, but the final decision rests with the country’s top security council, Iran’s Press TV reported.

Beyond Qatar, Iranian-state run media reported that Tehran launched missile attacks on a US base in Iraq. An Iraqi security official told The Associated Press that Iraqis were informed by US officials that missiles were launched toward the Ain al-Assad base housing US troops in western Iraq, but the missiles never arrived. As of this writing, there is no confirmed attack on the base in Iraq.

The main US military base in Syria was also put on high alert for potential attacks by Iran or its proxy terrorist groups.

Amid the escalating Israel-Iran war, Iran’s parliament on Tuesday announced that its national security committee had approved the general outline of a bill to fully suspend Tehran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

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