President Trump renewed threats Tuesday to destroy every power plant and major bridge in Iran if the Strait of Hormuz was not fully reopened by 8 p.m. Eastern, warning that “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” Less than two hours before that deadline, the U.S. and Iran reached a tentative two-week ceasefire, brokered by Pakistan, under which Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump announced the deal on social media, calling it “a double-sided ceasefire” and saying Iran had put forward a “workable” 10-point peace plan. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said it accepted the terms, but warned its “hands remain on the trigger.” Crowds of people gathered in Tehran and other cities, waving flags to celebrate the news of the two-week ceasefire. Earlier on Tuesday, the U.S. struck military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, the source of nearly all of Iran’s oil exports. U.S.-Israeli strikes also completely destroyed the Rafi-Nia Synagogue in Tehran, home to one of Iran’s few remaining Jewish communities. This is Siamek Moreh-Sedgh, a Jewish former member of Iran’s parliament.

Siamek Moreh-Sedgh: “They are not enemy of Iranian army; they are enemy of Iranian people. They are enemy of Iranian nation, because Iranian people are great people who does not want to obey the Zionism and the U.S.A. And when you do not want to obey the powerful man who wants to follow Satan, they would attack you, of course. So, their propaganda that 'we want to help the Iranian people,' I think, is a joke, unbelievable joke from them.”