President Donald Trump announced the signing of a historic peace deal with Iran, saying the Strait of Hormuz will reopen on Friday after mine-clearance operations. Trump stated that previous presidents failed where he succeeded in reaching an agreement with Tehran, and that the re-opening will allow oil to flow from both sides for the benefit of the region and the world.
President Donald Trump confirmed at 01:33 Jerusalem that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen this Friday, June 19, following mine-clearance operations, and framed the agreement as a historic peace deal with Iran where previous presidents had failed.
The development consolidates a rapid sequence The Zioneer has tracked from its earliest moments: at 00:10 Trump declared the deal finalized and ordered the immediate reopening of the Strait; by 00:44 he had signed the agreement and specified Friday as the reopening date after mine clearance. At 00:44 multiple versions of the announcement appeared, including one where Iranian state media mocked the accord. By 01:27 Trump confirmed the deal to 'end the war' and ordered oil to flow. The current 01:33 post adds the explicit Friday timeline and Trump's personal framing. Across the thread, the account of the deal moved from single-source U.S. statements to parallel Iranian state TV claims that Washington was forced to accept defeat; later versions carried Israeli news outlets (N12, i24NEWS) as corroborating sources.
As The Zioneer reported on Thursday and Friday, the emerging framework—dubbed the 'Islamabad Agreement' by Pakistani officials—envisioned a 60-day ceasefire, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and sanctions relief. Trump then stated Thursday that the deal documents were in a 'fairly final stage' and that the Strait could reopen as early as Saturday or Monday. That timeline was later refined to Friday.
What remains unverified: the signed agreement's full text, the precise scope of sanctions relief, and formal confirmation from Tehran. The Friday reopening is Trump's stated target, pending actual mine-clearance operations.
12 developments
- StrongTrump says Strait of Hormuz to reopen as early as Saturday or Monday
- StrongTrump: Strait of Hormuz partially open, full reopening Friday without tolls
- ConfirmedIran's Tasnim adds details on US-Iran MOU: last-minute changes, Hormuz opening delayed
- DevelopingSenior US official: Strait of Hormuz to reopen 'with no tolls' under framework deal with Iran
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