Trump agrees to two-week ceasefire, Iran says safe passage possible

U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday, less than two hours before his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastating attacks on its civilian infrastructure.



Trump's announcement represented an abrupt turnaround from his extraordinary warning earlier in the day, when he said "a whole civilization will die tonight" if his demands were not met. Pakistan's military chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif helped mediate the ceasefire.



Sharif said in a post on X he had invited Iranian and U.S. delegations to meet in Islamabad on Friday.



Trump said the last-minute deal was subject to Iran's agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas supplies through the strait, which typically handles about one-fifth of global oil shipments. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a statement Tehran would cease counter-attacks and provide safe passage through the waterway, if attacks against it stop.