US and Iran agree deal to end war as Trump says Strait of Hormuz to reopen
The US and Iran have agreed to strike a deal to end their conflict, with US President Donald Trump saying the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping channel would also reopen.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose nation has been mediating, announced the deal on Sunday.
He said both sides had declared "the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon", where Israel and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah have been fighting, although Israeli politicians criticised the deal.
The pact - due to be signed in Switzerland on Friday - will extend a ceasefire for another 60 days, during which the sides will negotiate details of a final agreement.
Trump on Sunday said he had ordered the immediate removal of a US naval blockade of Iranian ports and added that the Strait of Hormuz would be opened when the initial agreement is signed.
"Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
In another post, he said the deal "will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region".
Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi confirmed the end of military operations in a phone call on Iranian state TV, which portrayed the framework deal as a victory for Iran.
