Iran agreed Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran and the US reached a two-week ceasefire deal — a dramatic breakthrough in a nearly 40-day war that rattled global shipping and sent gas prices soaring.
President Trump announced the pause on military strikes on Iran less than 90 minutes before his 8 p.m. deadline — saying it was subject to Tehran agreeing to let ships pass through the key waterway. Israel also agreed to the two-week ceasefire, a White House official told The Post.
In a statement on Truth Social, Trump said he spoke with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, who urged him to hold off on what he described as a “destructive force” set to be unleashed on Iran.
The cease-fire is “subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz,” he added.
“This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE! The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East,” Trump said.
“We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate.”
The president further explained that “almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran.”
“A two-week period will allow the agreement to be finalized,” he added.
“A two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated,” he added. “On behalf of the United States of America, as President, and also representing the Countries of the Middle East, it is an Honor to have this Longterm problem close to resolution. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
Tehran will allow passage through the Strait of Hormuz for the next two weeks under Iranian military management, Iran’s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said in a statement.
That condition was key to Trump’s two-week cease-fire.
Araghchi also said if attacks against Iran are halted, then Tehran will “cease their defensive operations.”
The global cost of oil plummeted upon the news. The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, nosedived 14% within an hour of Trump’s announcement.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council confirmed the cease-fire agreement, noting it does not amount to full-fledged peace.
“It is emphasized that this does not signify the termination of the war,” the statement said, according to the Associated Press. “Our hands remain upon the trigger, and should the slightest error be committed by the enemy, it shall be met with full force.”
Iranian state-run media painted the announcement as proof that Iran forced Trump into an agreement.
“US President Donald Trump has once again retreated from his own threats, stating, I agree to halt bombings and attacks against Iran for a period of two weeks, and this will be a mutual ceasefire,” Iran’s IRNA News Agency posted to X.
The US and Iran are weighing in-person talks to finalize a peace deal, but the administration warns that nothing is final.
“There are discussions about face-to-face meetings between the United States and Iran, but nothing is final until it is announced by the President or the White House,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
Iran wants two major concessions from the United States as part of its 10-point plan, including the removal of sanctions dating back to the George W. Bush administration and greater control over the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran is also seeking guarantees that the US and Israel won’t attack again, along with the ability to charge tolls on cargo ships passing through the strait, a critical route for global oil shipments.
Nour News, an Iranian outlet linked to the country’s security council, listed additional demands unlikely to be accepted — including continued uranium enrichment, war reparations and the withdrawal of US troops from the region.
Trump has said repeatedly that his top goal for the war is to stop Iran from ever having a nuclear weapon.
A White House official refused to detail what was in the 10-point plan, telling The Post: “We do not negotiate in the press. As President Trump said, the 10-point document is a workable starting point.”
Another Trump administration official told The Post that there was “relief” among the president’s team, but that “nobody knows for sure” if the war is truly over.
“One thing that had become clear over the last 72 hours is that Iran was not as beaten down as Trump had been led to believe by the Defense Department,” the official said.
“I think the shoot-down [of the F-15 jet last week] was a sober reminder that Iran was still a very dangerous adversary [and that] while they had been degraded, they were nowhere near defeated. And that continuing the war would have likely led to the loss of more life, for little gain.”
The official said US objectives were largely met, including degrading Iran’s military capabilities, though its nuclear material is believed to remain deeply buried.
Israel, which joined the US offensive on Feb. 28, has not achieved its goal of fundamental regime change and may need pressure from Washington to maintain the cease-fire, the official added.
The official said that Trump and Iranian leaders can both spin the breakthrough as a win.
“Both sides can claim a win on this: The Iranians can say they demonstrated the ability to effectively close the Strait of Hormuz,” he said. “We can say that the Strait of Hormuz, if the Iranians don’t decide to keep attacking ships, is open.”
The conflict came at a steep cost, including 13 US troops killed, hundreds wounded and a price tag expected to exceed $100 billion.
A source close to Trump said “he clearly laid out two paths [and] Iran appears to chose the one that doesn’t include annihilation. Seems responsible.”
Tehran on Monday had issued a 10-point response to an American 15-point plan to end the war that Washington sent through intermediaries two weeks ago, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported at the time.
The document rejected any talk of a cease-fire, instead opting for “a permanent end to the war that respects its own considerations,” which would include lifting US sanctions on Iran, funds for reconstruction efforts, as well as developing “safe passage protocol through the Strait of Hormuz,” according to IRNA.
Pakistan, which has served as the main mediator for the US and Iran throughout the weeks-long war, made an 11th-hour bid for Trump to extend the deadline by two weeks — proposing that Iran could temporarily reopen the strait for that period “as a goodwill gesture.”
China joined Pakistan in urging Iran to accept the two-week ceasefire proposal, per Iranian officials who spoke with the New York Times.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered to host in-person peace talks to finalize a deal.
He invited American and Iranian delegations “to Islamabad on Friday, 10th April 2026, to further negotiate for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes,” he wrote on social media.
“Both parties have displayed remarkable wisdom and understanding and have remained constructively engaged in furthering the cause of peace and stability,” Sharif wrote. “We earnestly hope, that the ‘Islamabad Talks’ succeed in achieving sustainable peace and wish to share more good news in coming days!”
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Watch: Trump’s New DHS Head off to Blistering Start, Considers Crippling Sanctuary Cities’ International Airports
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin may take action against “sanctuary cities” that subvert federal immigration laws by removing customs agents at their international airports.
The move would crush the tourist economies of sanctuary cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco by rendering them incapable of processing international travelers.
Mullin floated the idea Monday during an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier.
“I believe sanctuary cities — it’s not lawful,” the DHS boss said. “This one area we may take a hard look at is … some of these cities have international airports. If they’re a sanctuary city, should they really be processing customs into their city?
“If they’re a sanctuary city and they’re receiving international flights, and we’re asking them to partner with us at the airport, but once they walk out of the airport, they’re not going to enforce immigration policy — maybe we need to have a really hard look at that,” Mullin continued.
Baier asked if the DHS secretary was suggesting that international airports in sanctuary cities “might lose their customs.”
Mullin replied that this is an option DHS is seriously considering. He underscored that nothing he plans to do would exceed the agency’s congressional authority.
“Well, I’m saying we’re going to have to start prioritizing things at some point. Right now, remember, the Democrats are wanting to defund Customs and Border Patrol,” he said.
“Well, who processes those individuals when they walk off the plane? So, I’m going to have to be forced to make hard decisions. Who’s willing to work with us, and partner with us?”
Mullin added: “I am not going outside the policies that Congress passed for me. And we’re not trying to push those, but we’re saying that you’ve got to partner with us.”
Sanctuary cities are jurisdictions that incentivize illegal immigration by refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Major sanctuary cities — all of which are run by Democrats — include the following, according to the Justice Department:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Philadelphia
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Denver
- Boston
- New Orleans.
Mullin’s proposal may sound extreme to some, but so is allowing the United States to devolve into a mass dumping ground for illegal aliens.
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