Explosions echoed through the Iranian capital on June 24, shattering the fragile calm promised by a ceasefire brokered just hours earlier. The blasts, reported by witnesses in northern Tehran, reignited fears of renewed escalation in the wake of a devastating 12-day military campaign between Israel and Iran.

The situation took an unexpected diplomatic twist when US President Donald Trump publicly declared that he had ordered Israel to stand down from a planned airstrike. Posting on Truth Social, Trump claimed to have halted the mission personally, writing, “All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect!”

Yet minutes later, reports of explosions suggested otherwise. Israeli army radio claimed that Israel had targeted an Iranian radar facility near Tehran. The Iranian government, however, denied any hostile military activity on its part and accused Israel of violating the truce by continuing strikes for more than an hour after the ceasefire was supposed to begin.

This contradictory flow of information highlights the volatility and confusion surrounding the ceasefire, which was agreed upon barely two days after the US joined Israel in a series of attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. The campaign had already marked the deadliest confrontation between the two countries in........

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