The US and Iran have reached a deal to end their war, US President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posted yesterday.
“The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform around 5.30pm ET local time in Washington (2130 GMT) yesterday, shortly after Sharif announced the agreement earlier today in Pakistan, which has served as a mediator.
The precise terms of the deal were not immediately known. Sharif said in a post on X that the pact called for “the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”
Trump said the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping lane for global energy supplies that Iran has effectively shut down for months, would be open “toll free” and that a US naval blockade of Iran ports would also end.
“Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” Trump wrote.
The deal will be officially signed on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland, Sharif wrote.
Multiple sources previously told Reuters that the draft deal would reopen the strait, end the US naval blockade and extend a ceasefire, while leaving Iran’s nuclear programme to be addressed during a 60-day period of additional talks.
Israel has said it was not party to the planned US-Iran deal.
A senior Iranian official earlier told Reuters that, under the terms of the draft deal, the US would agree to release $25 billion of frozen Iranian assets, while Iran would agree not to produce or acquire nuclear weapons. The official said Iran agreed to maintain the nuclear status quo, including no uranium enrichment or expanding nuclear facilities, until a final deal is reached.
A US official, speaking before the deal was announced, said the agreement would ultimately lead to the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear programme, with its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to be destroyed and removed. A senior Iranian official said the draft deal would allow Iran, which denies seeking a nuclear bomb, to dilute its enriched uranium inside the country.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, confirmed the agreement on state television but said Iran would not start implementing it until it was signed on Friday. He said the deal followed over 14 hours of talks in Tehran with a representative from Qatar, another mediator.
“A permanent and immediate end to the war has been declared on all fronts, including Lebanon,” Gharibabadi added.
Qatari negotiators flew to Tehran yesterday morning as part of efforts to finalise the agreement, a source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters.
At pro-government rallies across Iran on Saturday night, residents and news agencies reported that hardliners opposed to the framework agreement loudly voiced their dissatisfaction.
A resident in the northeastern city of Mashhad told Reuters that some protesters chanted “Death to the compromiser,” in an apparent reference to Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.
Trump updated Netanyahu on the progress toward a peace deal during a phone call yesterday, Israel’s N12 reported, citing a senior official.
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