Iran02 August, 20263 min read
Donald Trump Orders U.S. Forces To Hold Off New Strikes Against Iran After Hormuz Deal Parameters
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Trump halted planned strikes, citing outlines of a deal with Iran and regional partners. Terms reportedly include immediate opening of Hormuz Strait and end to Iran's nuclear threat.
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Trump halts planned strike
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran after he claimed Mideast allies reached the parameters of a deal to end the five-month old war.
In a Saturday evening social media post, Trump said the emerging deal “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat,” and he added, “to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL.”
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz “will in no way return to the status it was before February 28th,” the day the war started.
Baghaei said Iran is discussing shipping through the strait with Oman, but there’s no current talk about reopening the crucial waterway.
The AP account also said Trump had announced halts to strikes on several occasions since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, only for things to unravel and fighting to resume again.
Tehran denies deal
Iran denied Trump’s claim that there was an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Ynetnews reporting that “There is no agreement on reopening the Strait of Hormuz,” according to Fars. The same Ynetnews report said Iran’s regime-linked Fars agency added, “As long as the United States continues its hostile actions, the strait will remain closed.” Trump, meanwhile, wrote on Truth Social that the U.S. had been asked “to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to,” and he said Israel had joined the commitment to refrain from acting.
Iran’s acting Defense Minister Seyyed Majid Ibn Al-Reza said in a state media post on X that “we consider every threat to be real and take it seriously,” as CNBC described Iran’s reaction as cautious. CNBC also reported that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “stressed the need to prioritize dialogue to reduce escalation” in a phone call with Trump, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
Shipping and retaliation stakes
The dispute left the central issue unresolved, with the AP account saying the U.S. and Iran had not reached a deal yet while mediation efforts were underway.
WTOK reported that the U.S., in exchange for the emerging understanding, would end its naval blockade on Iran and allow Tehran to export its oil as stated in the tentative ceasefire deal.
CNBC said a temporary ceasefire following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran on June 17 had effectively broken down, with neither side giving way on key sticking points including control of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
In a state media account on Telegram, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told his Saudi counterpart that any “aggression” by the U.S. and Israel or participation of regional countries will be met with a “decisive and proportionate response,” according to CNBC.
The Boston Globe’s AP write-up also said the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, starting a war Trump said was aimed at destroying Tehran’s missile capabilities, preventing it from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and ending its support for allied armed groups.