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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has agreed to temporarily pause planned attacks on Iran’s infrastructure for two weeks, as Tehran reopened the Hormuz Strait. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the pause is conditional on Iran fully opening the strait “immediately and safely.”
The announcement comes more than five weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched a military campaign against Iran. It was also made less than two hours before a deadline Trump had set for Iran to reopen Hormuz or face larger-scale attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Trump said the two-week pause followed talks with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief General Asim Munir, who have been mediating the de-escalation effort. “This is a two-sided ceasefire,” Trump said.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said ships could pass through Hormuz safely within the next two weeks, with coordination from Iran’s armed forces and taking into account technical limitations.
Following Trump’s announcement, world oil prices briefly slid, while U.S. stock futures rose sharply.
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