Trump Announces Iran Ceasefire, Strait Reopens

President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday evening, averting planned U.S. military strikes just before an 8 p.m. deadline and opening the door for negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz. The agreement, reached after intense diplomatic efforts led by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, came amid 40 days of escalating conflict that began with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on February 28, which killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Trump, who had warned earlier that day of destroying Iran's power plants and bridges if the strait remained closed, posted on Truth Social shortly after midnight Wednesday: "A big day for World Peace! Iran wants it to happen, they've had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else! The United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz. There will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process. We'll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just hangin around in order to make sure that everything goes well. I feel confident that it will. Just like we are experiencing in the U.S., this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!"