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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on June 24, 2025, that the Israel-Iran ceasefire was still in force, even as he publicly accused both sides of violating it and urged them to stop. The statement came one day after he announced that the two countries had agreed to a halt in fighting, and three days after the United States struck Iranian nuclear sites on June 21, 2025. ([whitehouse.gov](https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/06/president-trump-has-always-been-clear-iran-cannot-have-a-nuclear-weapon/?utm_source=openai))

The sequence is important. Trump first announced the ceasefire on June 23. By the next day, he was defending it in real time, saying the arrangement remained valid despite the reported violations. That left the White House arguing for calm while the public record still showed shots being exchanged and the terms of the pause being tested. ([whitehouse.gov](https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/06/president-trump-has-always-been-clear-iran-cannot-have-a-nuclear-weapon/?utm_source=openai))

The U.S. strike on June 21 was the direct American entry into the conflict cycle. In a White House post that day, Trump and his team framed the operation as part of a broader push to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and later White House material said the damage to Iranian nuclear facilities was severe. Those statements set the stage for the ceasefire push that followed. ([whitehouse.gov](https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/06/president-trump-has-always-been-clear-iran-cannot-have-a-nuclear-weapon/?utm_source=openai))

Trump’s message on June 24 was less a declaration of victory than a demand that both sides stand down. He insisted the ceasefire still existed, but his own comments made clear that it was already under strain. For the administration, the task was not just announcing the truce; it was keeping it from unraveling in public. ([whitehouse.gov](https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/06/irans-nuclear-facilities-have-been-obliterated-and-suggestions-otherwise-are-fake-news/?utm_source=openai))