President Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that the United States and Iran have agreed to a bilateral two-week ceasefire, a move that includes the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The announcement came less than two hours before an 8 p.m. deadline set by Trump, after which he had threatened to launch strikes targeting Iran’s critical infrastructure.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the agreement followed discussions with Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir of Pakistan, who urged him to delay planned military action.
Trump said he agreed to suspend attacks “subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz,” describing the arrangement as a “double sided CEASEFIRE.”
The president added that U.S. military objectives had already been achieved and that negotiations toward a broader agreement were well advanced. According to Trump, Iran has presented a 10-point proposal that the U.S. views as a workable foundation for a longer-term deal.
“Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to,” Trump said, adding that the two-week pause would allow time to finalize a comprehensive agreement aimed at long-term peace with Iran and broader stability in the Middle East.
There was no immediate public confirmation from Iranian officials regarding the ceasefire terms or the reopening of the Strait, a critical global shipping route through which a significant portion of the world’s oil supply passes.
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Yep. Gotta give the Iranian Mullahs a chance to restock and rearm themselves.
Coward.
We have kicked the can down the road again.
Hostage taking has borne fruit for the Ayatollahs of Iran – why should they stop this profitable business? They have achieved proof of concept.
This time it was an international waterway that was taken hostage.
Regrettably, we did not finish the job.
Our Gulf allies will remember this, just like the Iraqi Kurds remembered how we abandoned their brothers, the Syrian Kurds for Turkey, and chose to sit this one out instead.
If we did this for lower gas prices, without American hegemony influencing our
“Gulf allies” to pump more oil, don’t expect gas prices to drop significantly.
The TACO principle: Trump always chickens out. Note he is also been kissing up to the dictators in Russia (the world’s primary beneficiary of higher oil prices), China, and Venezuela. He’s also trashed NATO probably clearing the way for a Russian invasion (Putin hopes the resistance when they realize the US doesn’t have their back). I suspect its a matter of time before “America First” means “Stab Israel in the Back”. — and to make matters worse, whereas Trump’s actions are motivated by political influences flavored a big dose of cowardice — the Democrats not very different policies (pro-Iran, pro-Hamas, among other things) are motivated in large part by anti-Semitism.