U.S. President Donald Trump on the 1st (local time) claimed that Iran asked the United States for a cease-fire and said he would consider Iran's request if the Strait of Hormuz is opened.
Trump said on Truth Social that "the new regime's president of Iran just asked the United States for a cease-fire," adding, "We will consider it when the Strait of Hormuz is open, free and secure." Trump assessed the Iranian president as "far less radical and much smarter than transfer presidents."
He added, "Until then, we will totally destroy Iran — in other words, return it to the Stone Age."
However, it is unclear whether the "new Iranian president" Trump mentioned refers to the current president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran's current president took office in Jul. 2024 and has not changed even after the war broke out. Trump is referring to leadership change resulting from targeted assassinations of Iranian leaders as a "regime change" in Iran. In the same vein, he appears to have used the phrase "the new regime's president of Iran."
The previous day, Trump said, "We will leave Iran in 2–3 weeks," adding, "We achieved regime change." He continued, "We will have no involvement in what is happening in the Strait of Hormuz," and added, "If France or other countries want to secure oil or gas, they will have to pass through Hormuz themselves."
President Pezeshkian said to Antonio Costa, the European Union (EU) Council president, that "if the essential conditions are met, we are willing to end the conflict." The essential conditions he mentioned appear to mean five conditions: a complete halt to enemy invasion and assassination acts, establishment of a robust mechanism to prevent a recurrence of war, compensation for war damage, a complete end to war across the Middle East and against the resistance front, and guaranteeing Iran's legitimate sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump will deliver a national address at 9 p.m. on the 1st (10 a.m. on the 2nd in Korea).