Overview
- The deal Tuesday landed less than an hour before President Trump's deadline, pausing planned U.S. strikes and granting two weeks of safe passage for shipping.
- Iran’s foreign minister said vessels can transit the Strait of Hormuz during the pause, and both sides plan to start talks in Pakistan as early as Friday.
- Israeli forces kept hitting Iranian targets after the U.S. pause, with reported strikes on bridges, rail lines and an attack that damaged a synagogue in Tehran.
- The truce followed Trump’s threats to destroy bridges and power plants, which legal experts warned could amount to war crimes and, some argued, genocidal rhetoric.
- Oil prices fell after the announcement, yet officials warned the pause is fragile as disputes over sanctions relief, reconstruction and control of transit through the strait remain unresolved.