Trump announces Iran ceasefire ahead of 8 p.m. deadline

He said the ceasefire was subject to Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz.

Smoke rises from the site of a U.S.-Israeli strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, on April 7, 2026. | Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that the U.S. had reached a two-week ceasefire agreement with Iran ahead of a looming deadline, averting what the president previously described as an attack that would lead to the death of a “whole civilization.”

“The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate.”

Trump — who said the ceasefire was subject to Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz — added that “almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran,” but he said the two-week ceasefire period “will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated.”

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