US, Iran both claim victory after agreeing to ceasefire

TEHRAN, Iran — The United States and Iran both claimed victory Wednesday after the two countries and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire that halted more than a month of war, and world leaders expressed relief, even as more drones and missiles hit the Islamic Republic and Gulf Arab states. The new strikes threatened to scuttle what U.S. Vice President JD Vance called a “fragile” deal. Meanwhile, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Iranian-state media reported. “Aggression towards Lebanon is aggression towards Iran,” Gen. Seyed Majid Mousavi, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard aerospace commander, wrote on X. He warned that Iranian forces were preparing a “heavy response” without revealing details. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said American and Israeli forces had achieved a “capital V military victory” and that the Iranian military no longer posed a significant threat to U.S. forces or the region. The Iranian military said the country forced Israel and the U.S. to accept its “proposed conditions and surrender.” Much about the

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