US and Iran negotiators reach ‘tentative’ agreement to extend cease-fire — pending Trump’s sign-off See more of our coverage in your search results.Add The New York Post on Google US and Iranian negotiators have reached a potential agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin nuclear talks, the White House confirmed Thursday. President Trump would still have to sign off on the proposal as the White House blasted early reports of a deal on Wednesday as “propaganda.” The tentative agreement would extend the ceasefire, which Iran violated on Thursday by firing toward a US military base in Kuwait, according to US Central Command. The agreement would see the US drop its blockade on Iranian ports in exchange for a return to “unrestricted” shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the White House. It would also begin a 60-day period for the US and Iran to begin negotiating on Tehran’s nuclear issues. Iran would be banned from seeking a toll from ships transiting the oil chokepoint and would be required to de-mine the waterway within 30 days. The US would also commit to discuss lifting sanctions and unfreezing Iranian funds during the talks, which would come with an Iranian pledge to talk about destroying its highly enriched uranium and addressing future enrichment. An Iranian source told The Post it is the same agreement, in principle, as the one leaked to Iranian media on Thursday — that the White House’s Rapid Response 47 X account said was a “complete fabrication.” That agreement held that the US would withdraw all its forces from around Iran and drop its naval blockade of Iranian ports in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and restoring non-military traffic to pre-war levels in 30 days. It further alleged Washington had agreed to allow Iran and neighboring Oman to control the strait after it reopened — a claim contrary to repeatedly stated US and global demands that the passage be considered an international waterway owned by no nation.
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International mediators have proposed a 10-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran, according to a senior Iranian official cited in reports. The measure is described as intended to reduce hostilities and allow renewed talks on a prior interim agreement.
Both sides are assessing next steps in the current regional security situation.
Reports indicate that a US-Iran ceasefire has broken down amid renewed fighting, with the potential impact of mediation efforts by Pakistan, Qatar, and Oman remaining unclear. Earlier diplomatic steps included a June memorandum of understanding between the parties for further negotiations and talks hosted in Geneva in February.
The summary also references Europe’s historical role in diplomacy, including the 1814-15 Congress of Vienna.
Donald Trump stated in a Fox News interview that his representatives had spoken with Iranian officials an hour earlier and that those officials wanted to make a deal to end the conflict, though he noted they had broken prior agreements and expressed uncertainty about whether one would be reached.
He added that people do not want to die and that Iran would need to proceed carefully to avoid further losses. The remarks come amid an ongoing US-Iran conflict that has involved casualties and shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, with some social media users criticizing the repetition of similar statements.
Why the Iran-US ceasefire is falling apart Iran and the US have resumed fighting because they don’t see each other as ‘reliable negotiating partners’, says analyst Ali Vaez. Neither Iran nor the United States seems able to deliver a “knockout blow at an acceptable price” to the other side, and both know “they have no choice other than engaging in diplomacy”, but they’re not ready to make uncomfortable concessions, argues Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at International Crisis Group.
Vaez tells host Steve Clemons that Tehran and Washington are trying to “enforce their own interpretation” of the ceasefire agreement they signed last month. President Trump has become “frustrated” with diplomacy because he’s not seeing “the kind of quick results that he likes to see”, Vaez says.