Topline
The U.S. has reached a peace deal with Iran, both President Donald Trump and Pakistani mediators said Sunday evening, with the president also announcing in a post on Truth Social an end to the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, saying “Let the oil flow!”
Trump announced the peace deal in a post on Truth Social.
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Key Facts
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose country acted as intermediaries between the two sides, announced the deal in a post on social media earlier on Sunday evening, which is set to be signed next Friday.
The deal would declare an immediate end to the conflict on all fronts, Sharif said, including in Lebanon—where Israel struck Hezbollah targets in Beirut just hours earlier.
In Trump’s post on Truth Social, the president promised to remove the naval blockade of Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz, before declaring: “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”
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