The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end their conflict and will hold an official signing ceremony on Friday in Switzerland, the Pakistani prime minister announced. Shehbaz Sharifon social media early Monday morning.
“The agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran is already closed,” the president wrote for his part. donald trump on your platform Social Truth shortly after Sharif make your announcement.
The agreement was reached despite the Israeli attack on Lebanon on Sunday, which drew criticism from both Iran and the president trump.
The exact terms of the agreement were not immediately known. Sharif He stated that the pact required “the immediate and permanent cessation of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.”
Several sources had previously informed Reuters that the draft agreement would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, end the US blockade of Iranian ports and extend the ceasefire, leaving the issue of Iran’s nuclear program to be addressed during a 60-day period of additional talks.
In his social media post, trump he stated that the strait would be open “without toll” and that the US naval blockade would also end.
“Ships of the world, start engines. Let the oil flow!” he wrote trump.
On Sunday morning, the Iranian negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf stated in a publication in x that Israel’s latest attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs — which Israel said targeted Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants — demonstrated that the United States lacks “the will and the ability to fulfill its commitments.”
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it held the United States responsible for the attack. Iran warned of a “forceful response,” and its joint military high command declared that “its finger (is) on the trigger,” ready to shoot into the “heart of the enemy.”
In a post on their platform Social Truth on sunday, trump He said: “This morning’s attack on Beirut should not have happened, especially on such a special day when we are so close to a peace deal with Iran.”
Israel has stated that it was not part of the planned US-Iran deal. The prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (verify) has disagreed with trump regarding American demands that Israel halt its military action in Lebanon to allow the United States to reach a deal with Iran.
The conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Iran-aligned Hezbollah was reignited with the start of the US-Israel war against Iran in February.
A senior Iranian official previously told Reuters that under the terms of the draft agreement, the United States would agree to release $25 billion of frozen Iranian assets, while Iran would commit not to produce or acquire nuclear weapons.
The official said Iran agreed to maintain the nuclear status quo, which includes not enriching uranium or expanding nuclear facilities, until a final deal is reached.
