Trump Says U.S. and Iran Reached Deal, Calls for Strait of Hormuz to Reopen

President Donald Trump announced overnight, between Sunday and Monday, that the United States and Iran had reached an agreement. He said he fully supports reopening the Strait of Hormuz without fees or tariffs and lifting the naval blockade on the strait immediately. Trump added, "Let the oil flow!"

After Trump’s statement, Vice President JD Vance said some actors in the Middle East do not want the deal signed and that Hezbollah still threatens Israel. He said a ceasefire takes time to take effect, but that "tonight a major step was taken toward learning the ways of peace."

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the U.S. and Iran had announced an immediate and permanent end to military activity on all fronts, including Lebanon, and said the official signing ceremony will be held on Friday, June 19, in Switzerland. Shortly afterward, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the war and military operations on various fronts, including Lebanon, would end immediately and permanently starting tonight, and that the process of lifting the American naval blockade on Iran would begin tonight.

Iran’s Fars news agency reported that maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz will be managed by a new coordination mechanism between Iran and Oman, and that the situation there will be different from before the war with Iran. The New York Times reported, citing several senior Iranian officials, that a planned attack against Israel had been canceled. Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer both welcomed the reported agreement.