TEHRAN — Iran has confirmed a two-week ceasefire with the United States, following an announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Tasnim News Agency reported early Wednesday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz would be allowed for two weeks in coordination with Iran’s armed forces, “with due consideration of technical limitations.”
Trump had linked the ceasefire to the reopening of the waterway and warned of potential strikes on Iran’s energy sector and infrastructure, including bridges, if Tehran failed to comply, setting a deadline of 0000 GMT.
The Strait of Hormuz, a critical corridor for global oil and gas trade, has been largely closed since large-scale attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel on February 28.
A senior U.S. official confirmed that Israel will also observe what Trump described as a “double-sided ceasefire.”
Pakistan, acting as a mediator, announced that the ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. had taken immediate effect. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted that Iran, the U.S., and their allies had agreed to an “immediate ceasefire everywhere,” including in Lebanon.
Sharif welcomed the gesture, expressing gratitude to both nations’ leadership and inviting their delegations to Islamabad on Friday to negotiate a conclusive settlement of disputes. Trump noted that Sharif had requested restraint from carrying out the previously threatened attacks.
The U.S. has received a 10-point proposal from Iran, which Trump described on his platform Truth Social as offering a “workable basis” for negotiations. According to reporting by The New York Times, the plan includes lifting all sanctions imposed on Iran.
