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President Donald Trump arrives for a formal dinner at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A whirlwind 48 hours: How Trump’s Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together

In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump went from elated to indignant to triumphant as the fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.

A general view shows Tehran skyline, Iran Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to hold as Trump vents frustration with both sides

President Donald Trump arrives with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to speak from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, directly joining Israel's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear program. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP)

Trump holds out Israel-Iran ceasefire deal as validation for his gamble of US airstrikes

A smoke trail from the Israeli Iron Dome air defense system streaks across the sky as it intercepts missiles launched during an Iranian attack, as seen from Haifa, Israel, early Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Iranian missile barrage strikes Israel after deadline Trump announced for ceasefire passes

President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, directly joining Israel's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear program, as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP)

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Demonstrators in Tehran protested Israel’s strikes on Iran Friday, chanting anti-America and anti-Israel slogans while holding pictures of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AP Video shot by Saeed Sarmadi)

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This satellite picture by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's underground nuclear enrichment site at Fordo following U.S. airstrikes targeting the facility, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

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President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arriving at the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump’s big gamble in Iran is a risky moment after his pledges to keep US out of ‘stupid wars’

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to a group of people and officials in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 21, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Under attack from Israel, Iran’s supreme leader faces a stark choice

Putin says Russia could help broker a deal between Iran and Israel

Smokes rises from a building of the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran in Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Trump says he’ll decide whether US will directly attack Iran within 2 weeks

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Khamenei rejects US calls for surrender after days of strikes between Israel and Iran - AP explains

Republican Senators show support for Trump’s handling of Israel and Iran conflict

President Donald Trump speaks as a flag pole is installed on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he’s ‘not looking for a fight’ with Iran but stands ready to act if necessary

Iran’s leader rejects call to surrender, saying US intervention would cause ‘irreparable damage’

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER'S NAME TASS news agency First Deputy Director General Mikhail Gusman, left, and Xinhua News Agency President Fu Hua, right, attend a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, with the heads of international news agencies at the newly renovated St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (Alexander Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says Russia could help broker a deal between Iran and Israel

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, early Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Iran’s leader rejects calls to surrender and warns that intervention would harm the US

Iran official warns of imminent ‘punitive operation’, tells Tel Aviv and Jaffa residents to evacuate

Trump says the US knows where Iran’s Khamenei is hiding and urges Iran’s unconditional surrender

Smoke rises up after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel’s spy agency used AI and smuggled-in drones to prepare attack on Iran

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while flying aboard Air Force One en route from Calgary, Canada to Joint Base Andrews, Md., late Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Trump says the US knows where Iran’s leader is hiding but won’t kill him — ‘for now’

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a bill blocking California's rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, US official tells AP

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, center, lays a wreath at the tomb of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Sirens wail in Tel Aviv as Iron Dome intercepts Iranian missiles

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‘We will not show any leniency’ - Iran’s Khamenei vows retaliation following Israel’s attack

Strikes between Israel and Iran stymie chances of US-led nuclear deal

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Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran - AP explains

Chief of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Gen. Hossein Salami speaks in a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the death of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash in the country's northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israeli strikes kill Iran’s Revolutionary Guard leader, Gen. Hossein Salami