Trump suspends US attacks, Tehran agrees to 2-week ceasefire
Tehran, April 2026 – Iran says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire, with negotiations to begin on Friday in Pakistan’s Islamabad, after US President Donald Trump said he would suspend attacks subject to Tehran agreeing to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s foreign minister says safe passage through the key waterway will be possible for a period of two weeks via coordination with Iran’s armed forces.
Trump’s statement came after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asked the US president to extend his deadline for a deal, and Iran to fully open the Strait of Hormuz.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel supports Trump’s two-week pause in attacks on Iran, but the ”ceasefire does not include Lebanon”. (Al jaeera)
