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U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026) that helium had agreed “to suspend the bombing and onslaught of Iran for a play of 2 weeks.” Mr. Trump said helium spoke to leaders successful Pakistan, which has been acting arsenic a mediator betwixt Washington and Tehran and had sought a two-week ceasefire successful the Iran war.
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Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said, “in effect to the brotherly petition of PM Sharif successful his tweet, and considering the petition by the U.S. for negotiations based connected its 15-point connection arsenic good arsenic announcement by POTUS astir acceptance of the wide model of Iran’s 10-point connection arsenic a ground for negotiations.”
He added that, for a play of 2 weeks, harmless transition done the Strait of Hormuz would beryllium imaginable done coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces and with owed information of method limitations.
Trump connected 10-point connection from Iran
“Based connected conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I clasp disconnected the destructive unit being sent contiguous to Iran, and taxable to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I hold to suspend the bombing and onslaught of Iran for a play of 2 weeks,” Mr. Trump wrote connected societal media.
The announcement followed a last-minute connection by Pakistan to avert large-scale U.S. attacks connected Iran, with Mr. Trump informing earlier that a “whole civilization volition dice tonight” unless a woody was reached. Mr. Trump besides acknowledged that the United States had received a 10-point connection from Iran and said helium believed it to beryllium a workable ground for negotiations.
Iran’s conditions to extremity the war
Tehran said connected Wednesday (April 8, 2026) that its 10-point program for securing an extremity to the war with the United States would necessitate Washington to judge Iran’s uranium enrichment programme and assistance each sanctions.
Iran’s 10-point bid plan
Guaranteeing non-aggression by some sides and acceptance of Iran’s uranium enrichment
Controlled transition done the Strait of Hormuz successful coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces
Ending the warfare connected each fronts, including against the Hezbollah radical successful Lebanon
Withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from each bases and deployment points successful the region
Termination of each resolutions of the UN Security Council and the Board of Governors
Establishment of a unafraid transit protocol successful the Strait of Hormuz guaranteeing Iranian dominance nether agreed terms
Full outgo of damages to Iran, according to estimates
Removal of each superior and secondary sanctions against Iran
Release of each blocked Iranian properties and assets abroad
Approval of each these conditions done a binding UN Security Council resolution, thereby making them binding nether planetary law
The Islamic Republic claimed triumph and said, successful a connection released alongside the 10-point database published by State media, that the program called for “continued Iranian power implicit the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of enrichment, lifting of each superior and secondary sanctions.”
Other cardinal demands successful the blueprint, conveyed done Pakistani mediators, see the withdrawal of U.S. forces from West Asia, an extremity to attacks connected Iran and its allies, the merchandise of frozen Iranian assets, and the adoption of a UN Security Council solution making the statement binding.
“It is to beryllium noted that the adoption of specified a solution shall render each these agreements binding nether planetary instrumentality and shall represent a important diplomatic triumph for the Iranian nation,” Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said successful a statement.
The program besides calls for expanded Iranian power implicit the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for astir a 5th of planetary lipid supplies, which has remained mostly closed to maritime postulation since the commencement of the five-week conflict.
Pakistan-mediated ceasefire
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who was mediating betwixt the 2 sides, aboriginal announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, on with their allies, had agreed to an contiguous ceasefire “everywhere, including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY”.
Mr. Sharif further invited the leaders of some countries, on with their delegations, to Islamabad connected Friday (April 10, 2026) for further negotiations towards a broad settlement. “We earnestly anticipation that the ‘Islamabad Talks’ win successful achieving sustainable bid and privation to stock much bully quality successful coming days!” helium said successful a station connected X.
