Mixed reactions in Iran after long nightpublished at 02:12 BST

02:12 BST

Khashayar Joneidi
BBC Persian correspondent in Washington

It's been a long night for Iranians.

Many people were anticipating heavy US bombardment of power plants, roads and bridges, as Donald Trump had threatened.

They were all waiting for the deadline, which was about 03:00 in Tehran.

The ceasefire announcement came around 01:00 in Tehran, but many people were still awake waiting for the attacks.

There have been mixed reactions.

In the past few days people were buying groceries, food and candles and storing water because they were afraid that there would be no electricity.

Now they have now some sort of relief that power plants are not going to be attacked.

At the same time, many of the people who were against the regime believe that this war, amid all of its horror and its damages, would result in a regime change.

That hasn't happened.

Now they are going to be dealing with a regime who has been injured in this war, and the economy has collapsed.

The regime is more angry, and they have to face it again.

Negotiations are going to be very difficultpublished at 02:03 BST

02:03 BST

Khashayar Joneidi
BBC Persian correspondent in Washington

There's a deficit of trust between the US and Iran with another round of talks set to begin.

Iran and the US have negotiated twice in the past year. Both times in the middle of negotiations a war has started.

No matter how victorious Iran portrays themselves in state media, it is in a very weak position.

Its army has been heavily battered, its economy is in shambles, and the regime has unfinished business with the opposition and the people.

In the past few days, the government has started executing some of those people who were arrested during the protests in January

The regime has to harden its grip on power inside the country. It's in a bad situation, but at the same time its demands are difficult for the Americans to address.

The US says it has accepted the ceasefire under the condition that there will be free flow of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran is mentioning that it wants to have control over maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz because of its geographic location - that's its number one priority.

There is going to be difficult negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme.

Iranian state media are saying that the US has agreed to uranium enrichment in Iran.

The US has said it wants no enrichment being done in Iran.

It's going to be a very hard two weeks.

A fire has broken out at the Habshan gas-processing facility, the Abu Dhabi Media Office says.

Authorities are dealing with the incident and more information will be provided soon, they add in the post on X.

Osmond Chia
Business reporter

Oil prices have continued to tumble over the past hour after US President Donald Trump announced a conditional two-week ceasefire.

The price of global benchmark Brent crude fell about 13.6% to $94.50 (£70.58) a barrel.

US-traded oil has dropped by around 14.3% to $96.80.

Both benchmarks were trading well above $100 a barrel on Tuesday.

The conditional ceasefire agreement was likely a surprise to traders, explaining the sharp fall in oil prices, said Ichiro Kutani from Japan's Institute of Energy Economics.

But prices are still unlikely to return to pre-war levels of around $70 a barrel due to the damage sustained in the region, he said.

Markets also jumped in early trade in Asia. Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained by 4% while the ASX 200 in Australia rose by nearly 3%.

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Iran considers itself victorious because it survivedpublished at 01:34 BST

01:34 BST

Khashayar Joneidi
BBC Persian correspondent in Washington

The Iranian government and state media are portraying this as a big victory for the regime.

The statement put out by the Supreme National Security Council of Iran (SNSCI) says that Iran has reached almost all of its objectives in this war, and that the enemy is facing a historic failure.

Amid this statement and Iran posing as the victor, there is another point that is very important for the Iranian government - this war started with the killing of Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic and senior generals within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

This was an existential threat, an existential war for the regime.

Therefore, they would consider themselves victorious because they survived this 30-plus days of war with the United States and Israel.

Image source, Reuters

Though a ceasefire has been called, strikes on US Gulf allies may still be ongoing.

The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Defence said in a statement about 45 minutes ago that the country is "currently dealing with missile attacks and incoming drones from Iran".

Air defence systems are intercepting the missiles, the statement says.

Saudi Arabia says emergency alerts have been activated across the eastern region of the country, including in Riyadh.

The alerts warn of "a potential danger", and residents are advised to shelter.

US President Donald Trump had set a deadline of 20:00 EDT (01:00 BST) to reach a ceasefire deal with Iran and threatened nationwide attacks should one not be reached.

Just ten minutes before it was set to expire, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said a ceasefire was "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY".

Sharif continues: "Both parties have displayed remarkable wisdom and understanding and have remained constructively engaged in furthering the cause of peace and stability."

"We earnestly hope, that the 'Islamabad Talks' succeed in achieving sustainable peace and wish to share more good news in coming days," he signs off.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has been mediating negotiations, says the ceasefire is effective immediately.

"With the greatest humility, I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY."

He welcomes the move and invites the delegations to Islamabad on Friday, 10 April, "to further negotiate for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes".

Image source, Getty Images

Daniel De Simone
Reporting from Jerusalem

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Minutes after President’s Trump posted on social media, the Israeli military said missiles had been identified heading to Israel from Iran, with missile warning alerts sent to people’s mobile phones.

Shortly afterwards, sirens sounded across Jerusalem.

There were then two loud explosions, which could be felt where I am in the city.

The alert then ended.

Around 30 minutes later, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said further missiles had been identified being fired from Iran towards Israel. Booms were heard again in Jerusalem.

And now, a few minutes after that, further loud booms can be heard in Jerusalem - the third time tonight.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
Senior reporter, BBC Persian

Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has said in a statement following the announced conditional ceasefire that negotiations will be held in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad within a maximum period of 15 days for the details to be "finalised". The statement has said that the negotiations will be held so that "Iran's victory in the field would also be consolidated in political negotiations".

The statement has gone beyond the 10-point plan that had been announced by state TV, and the statement has said that the US has agreed to:

• Guarantee not to repeat its "aggression" against Iran
• The continuation of Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz
• Acceptance of [uranium] enrichment
• Lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions
• Termination of all resolutions of the [UN] Security Council and International Atomic Energy Agency
• Payment of compensation to Iran
• Withdrawal of US combat forces from the region
• And the cessation of war on all fronts, including against the "Islamic resistance of Lebanon"

A climbdown from Trump's threats, but has any progress been made?published at 00:30 BST 8 April

00:30 BST 8 April

Tom Bateman
US State Department correspondent

The Pakistani intervention has given both Donald Trump and Iran a ladder to climb down.

It comes after Trump's extraordinary and unprecedented threat from an American president to carry out destruction of infrastructure, and "end civilization in Iran", in a way that may have amounted to war crimes.

We're still piecing through what has actually been agreed upon. Trump says Iran has agreed not to pursue a nuclear weapon, but that has always been its position.

The timing is significant here. It allows Trump to say some time has been bought, but with the implicit threat of a return to force.

So, we're kind of back to square one.

This is American diplomacy. As Pete Hegseth put it: "We negotiate with bombs."

The problem there is that the Iranians have always been absolutely clear that their end game is to deter the Americans from this cycle of diplomacy and then bombing Tehran.

So this might not be a long-term solution, but it certainly backs down from where we were earlier today.

Image source, Reuters

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has announced Iran will agree to a ceasefire "if attacks against Iran are halted".

He continues "for a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible".

This will take place "via co-ordination with Iran's Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations", he says.

Here is the 10-point plan, according to an Iranian state broadcaster:

1. Complete cessation of the war on Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen
2. Complete and permanent cessation of the war on Iran with no time limit
3. Ending all conflicts in the region in their entirety
4. Reopening the Strait of Hormuz
5. Establishing a protocol and conditions to ensure freedom and security of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz
6. Full payment of compensation for reconstruction costs to Iran
7. Full commitment to lifting sanctions on Iran
8. Release of Iranian funds and frozen assets held by the United States
9. Iran fully commits to not seeking possession of any nuclear weapons
10. Immediate ceasefire takes effect on all fronts immediately upon approval of the above conditions

Minutes after Trump's announcement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that they have identified missiles launched from Iran.

The IDF says "defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat".

The public have also been warned to "enter a protective space and remain there until further notice".

So many questions remainpublished at 00:03 BST 8 April

00:03 BST 8 April

Daniel Bush
Washington correspondent at the White House

Many, many questions remain, now.

But perhaps the most pressing is how Donald Trump will frame this.

Will he declare this to be victory, or is there more fighting to come?

Sources say he might still launch more airstrikes after the two-week period ends, and then declare victory at a later date.

In the Middle East, one important question is what will be the US relationship with its allies going forward.

How will Iran interpret this? Will it continue to attack? What disagreements remain?

What will Israel do? Will it continue its attacks on Iran?

We at the White House are still waiting to find out if Trump plans to make any remarks in person to announce the conditional ceasefire deal.

Global oil prices have fallen sharply after US President Donald Trump announced a conditional two-week ceasefire.

Brent crude is down 5.8% at $103.42 a barrel, while US-traded oil was almost 8.5% lower at $103.25.

But prices remain much higher than before the conflict started on 28 February.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
Senior reporter, BBC Persian

Image source, IRINN

Iranian state media is reporting on Donald Trump's social media post.

The headline says "Trump announces two-week ceasefire accepting Iran's conditions to end war" and the outlet also refers to "Trump's humiliating retreat from anti-Iran rhetoric".

Trump says Iran has sent the US and Israel a ten-point plan.

We do not yet know the details of this plan, but Trump says it is a "workable basis on which to negotiate".

"Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated."

He adds that "it is an Honor to have this Longterm problem close to resolution."

Continuing on Truth Social, Trump says the reason he has agreed to the provisional ceasefire is because "we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives".

He also says the announcement comes because "we are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East".