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5 min readIran has accepted a two-week ceasefire with the United States, agreeing to negotiate with Washington and Islamabad beginning Friday. The announcement came less than two hours before President Trump’s Tuesday deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council confirmed the deal. Trump said he agreed to suspend bombing and attacking Iran for two weeks, conditioned on Iran agreeing to the “complete, immediate and safe opening” of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which, before the conflict, 20 percent of the world’s oil flowed. He called this a “double-sided ceasefire” and said all military objectives had been met, but cautioned that the two sides remain “very far apart” from any kind of permanent agreement.
Following the ceasefire announcement, oil prices fell back below $100 a barrel, and overseas stock markets advanced, with markets in Japan and South Korea sharply up.
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- 1 (00:04) **Iran Accepts Two-Week Ceasefire** - Iran's Supreme National Security Council agrees to a two-week ceasefire and will negotiate with the U.S. and Islamabad starting Friday, just before President Trump's deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- 2 (01:03) **Oil Prices Drop Below $100 a Barrel** - Following the ceasefire announcement, oil prices fall below $100 a barrel, and overseas stock markets advance, with shares in Japan and South Korea sharply up.
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