Trump declares two-week ceasefire with Iran and claims Strait of Hormuz will re-open as Tehran submits 10-point peace plan to end the war

Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire and that the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened after Tehran presented its 10-point peace plan.

“I agree to a two-week suspension of bombings and attacks on Iran,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday night, after sparking apocalyptic fears by threatening to destroy “entire civilization.”

Iran agreed to a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire agreement after a last-minute intervention by China asking Tehran to show flexibility amid concerns about the widespread economic impact of the war, three Iranian officials told the New York Times.

Officials said the ceasefire was approved by new religious leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, even though intelligence reports said he was in a coma.

A senior White House official told Axios that Israel also agreed to the ceasefire and would halt attacks on Iran for two weeks, adding that the ceasefire would come into effect once Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump said that after his meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, he was assured that Iran would accept the ‘full, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz’.

“This will be a bilateral ceasefire,” Trump said. ‘The reason we are doing this is because we have already achieved and exceeded all Military objectives and are well on our way to reaching a definitive agreement on long-term peace with Iran.’

Although he said on Monday that the deal was not “good enough,” he said the 10-point offer from Iran was “a workable basis for negotiation.”

Smoke rises from the site of the US-Israeli attack on Tehran, the capital of Iran, on April 7, 2026

A US-AF F-35 Lightning II stealth multirole fighter aircraft takes off from RAF Lakenheath, England, April 7

Vance, along with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, is leading U.S. negotiations to end the war, called Operation Epic Fury.

The last-minute deal came after Sharif broadcast on X that major progress had been made between US and Iranian negotiators.

Trump warned Tuesday morning that if a deal wasn’t reached by Tuesday’s 8 p.m. deadline, “an entire civilization will die tonight and never be brought back.”

According to Fox News, early warnings of a missile attack were given in Tel Aviv shortly after the ceasefire agreement was announced.

The extension is Trump’s fourth offer to the Islamic Republic in the midst of war since he threatened to ‘destroy’ Iran’s power plants on March 21.

The Republican is focused on striking a deal with the United States to end Iran’s pressure on the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway off the country’s coast through which a fifth of the world’s oil supply passes.

Iran bombed many ships that made the dangerous decision to pass through the strait. As a result, oil prices rose rapidly and global markets were shaken.

The average price of a gallon of regular gas rose 39 percent, from $2.98 to $4.14.

Trump looks at Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaking after the official signing of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas during a summit of world leaders to end the Gaza war in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 13, 2025.

Tuesday’s video showed women and children waving flags as slogans blared from a loudspeaker at a power plant after Trump threatened to bomb infrastructure

The US hit dozens of military targets on Kharg Island, a major Iranian oil export hub, on Monday night.

Before time was up, air strikes had already hit two bridges and a train station. American forces also struck for a second time the military infrastructure on Kharg Island, a major center for Iran’s oil production.

The explosion occurred following attacks near the Azadi Tower near Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7.

US crude oil prices fell after Trump’s ceasefire announcement; West Texas oil contracts fell more than 10 percent to $98 a barrel after reaching $116 a barrel early Tuesday.

U.S. negotiators demanded that Iran give up its nuclear enrichment capabilities, cut its drone and ballistic missile programs, halt its support for proxy forces in the region and immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The President has repeatedly emphasized that the goal of the war is to ensure that Iran does not create nuclear weapons, that its proxies do not interfere with Middle Eastern countries, and that Iran’s Navy, unmanned aerial vehicle and ballistic missile capabilities are destroyed.

After the US made a 15-point offer to Islamabad to initiate a ceasefire, Iran submitted a 10-point counter-offer to US negotiators through Pakistani officials on Monday.

The president declined to comment on the 10-liter plan, telling Fox News earlier Tuesday: ‘I can’t comment because we’re in heated negotiations right now.’

Trump said at a White House press conference on Monday that the 10-point plan was an “important step” but added that it was “not good enough.”

Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif called on Trump and the Iranian regime to agree to a ceasefire before the President.

‘To allow diplomacy to run its course, I solemnly request that President Trump extend the deadline by two weeks. “Pakistan, with all its sincerity, requests the Iranian brothers to open the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks as a sign of goodwill,” he said.

‘We also call on all warring parties to observe the ceasefire everywhere for two weeks to allow diplomacy to bring the war to a definitive end, in the interest of long-term peace and stability in the region.’

Before time was up, air strikes had already hit two bridges and a train station. American forces also struck for a second time the military infrastructure on Kharg Island, a major center for Iran’s oil production.

The Israeli military has warned of the increasing risk of attack as Trump’s deadline approaches.

While explosions were heard in Qatar’s capital Doha, the UAE said its air defense was responding to missile threats.