US, Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire
U.S.-Iran provisional ceasefire agreed Tuesday for two weeks, including a temporary Strait of Hormuz reopening and follow-up talks planned Friday.
Lauren Collins ·
The United States and Iran agreed on Tuesday to a two-week provisional ceasefire , a move that officials said would pause hostilities and reduce the risk of an immediate escalation in the Middle East. The agreement was reached about an hour before a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for potential military action against Iran.
As part of the arrangement, Tehran committed to temporarily reopening the Strait of Hormuz, described as a critical global shipping lane. The White House said Israel also consented to the ceasefire.
The ceasefire followed mediation efforts by Pakistan. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif engaged with both U.S. and Iranian leadership as part of those efforts, according to the account provided in the source material.
China, identified as a significant trade partner for Iran, also reportedly played a role in encouraging Tehran toward de-escalation. The source material did not provide further detail on the nature of China’s involvement.
President Trump said he received a “workable” 10-point ceasefire proposal from Iran. The proposal, as described, included demands for the lifting of all sanctions, continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. military withdrawal from the Middle East, and the release of frozen Iranian assets.
Iranian state media published the 10-point plan and said it also called for a United Nations Security Council resolution to make any deal binding. The source material noted a discrepancy between language versions: the Farsi version referenced “acceptance of enrichment” for Iran’s nuclear program, while that phrase was not included in English versions shared by Iranian diplomats.
The plan also set out a mechanism under which Iran and Oman could levy fees on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran intending to use the proceeds for reconstruction. The source material did not specify how fees would be set, collected, or enforced, or how long the reopening of the waterway would last beyond the ceasefire period.
Talks are scheduled to continue in Islamabad on Friday. Iran confirmed it would participate, while the United States had not publicly confirmed its attendance at the time described in the source material.