Nigeria, June 24 -- President Donald Trump says the US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz, in Isfahan Province, and Esfahan city brought together the warring parties to a ceasefire agreement.

Providing more details about the ceasefire which he announced on Monday night, Mr Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said both Iran and Israel came to him simultaneously for a truce.

"Ceasefire!" I knew the time was now," he wrote. "The world, and the Middle East, are the real winners. Both nations will see tremendous love, peace, and prosperity in their futures."

Mr Trump stated that both countries have "so much to gain," but also "so much to lose" should they stray from the "road of righteousness and truth," referring to the ce...