Washington:US President Donald Trump has suggested that Iran, which, according to him, is in different parts of the world, has a different understanding of the term "ceasefire". Talking to reporters at the White House, the US leader claimed that for Tehran, a temporary truce meant "when you're shooting in a more moderate manner".

Trump was asked how he would define a ceasefire just hours after the US and Iranian military exchanged fire, marking one of the most significant escalations in recent weeks."Pretty much the way it is," he said. 

"That's a different part of the world. You know, I'd say in that part of the world, a ceasefire is when you're shooting in a more moderate manner."Smiling, he said, "It's not bad."

"But it's true. I mean, a ceasefire there is much different than a ceasefire in other parts of the world," Trump said.

The American commander-in-chief also implied that it was possible that the US and Iran could come together for a peace deal "over the weekend".

Trump's War In IranTrump is facing warnings from foes and allies alike that he's getting boxed in on the Iran war, a conflict he sold as a brief military incursion but that has since settled into a holding pattern.

Source:Ndtv