BREAKING: Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire by 3-5 Days, White House Confirms; Iran Yet to Decide on New Talks Round

The White House has confirmed to Fox News that President Donald Trump has extended the US-Iran ceasefire by 3 to 5 days — the most specific timeline yet on the extension that Trump announced in the early hours of Wednesday on Truth Social. Simultaneously, AP News is reporting that Iran has yet to decide whether to join a new round of talks with the United States, leaving the diplomatic track in a state of active but unresolved uncertainty even as the military pause is formally confirmed.

The two pieces of news together define the exact moment the conflict is in: the shooting has stopped for another 3 to 5 days. Whether the talking starts is still Iran’s call.

What the 3-5 Day Window Means

The 3 to 5 day extension gives Iran a specific and finite window to resolve the internal political fracture that Trump publicly identified as the obstacle to a deal — and to present the “unified proposal” that Trump set as the condition for holding the US military attack. A 3-day extension brings the new deadline to approximately April 25. A 5-day extension brings it to approximately April 27.

Neither of those dates is far away. And the White House’s decision to communicate a specific day range — rather than an open-ended extension — signals that this is a genuine deadline with real consequences, not an indefinite pause that quietly becomes permanent. The blockade remains in force. The military remains at full readiness. The attack option has not been removed.

Iran’s response in the next 72 to 120 hours will determine whether the talks happen, what shape they take, and whether the ceasefire survives beyond the new window.

Iran’s Position — Still Undecided

AP News reporting that Iran has yet to decide whether to join a new round of talks is the diplomatic counterpart to the White House’s 3-5 day confirmation. Tehran has not said yes. It has not said no. It is in the position of a government whose internal fracture — acknowledged publicly by the US president — has not yet produced the unified position required to respond coherently to Washington’s offer.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has been more open throughout than the IRGC’s public statements. The Supreme Leader’s office has been conspicuously silent. The nuclear negotiators have their position. The hardliners have theirs. The unified proposal that Trump has demanded as the condition for further talks requires all of those voices to align — and that alignment has not happened within the 3-5 day window’s opening hours.

Pakistan’s Continued Role

The ceasefire extension was obtained at the explicit request of Field Marshal Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, as Trump stated by name in his Truth Social posts. Pakistan’s mediation continues to be the only thread connecting the two sides. Whether Islamabad can use the 3-5 day window to bring Tehran to a unified position and get both delegations back to the table is the question on which the entire diplomatic track now depends.

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