Nigeria, June 24 -- In a stunning turnabout of face that left the world panting for breath, United States President Donald Trump had issued an Iran-Israel ceasefire agreement in its entirety last night, an unstable peace from war which had held hostage the Middle East for twelve days.

It was tweeted from the official White House X (formerly Twitter) account by which Trump announced what he terms a phased peace accord. Verbally, Iran would take the first action by calling for a ceasefire, and Israel would do the same twelve hours afterward. After a 24-hour grace period had expired, when both sides had seen each other, the war was technically over.

Trump referred to the pact as a show of Iran and Israel's leadership, discipline, and diplo...