June 14, 2026 — US and Iran reach agreement that includes opening Strait of Hormuz

Our live coverage has moved Get the latest on the war with Iran here. Read more All catch up 69 Posts Link Copied! Key developments • Diplomatic breakthrough: The US and Iran say they have reached an agreement that will take effect on Friday. President Donald Trump said the US is lifting its naval blockade on Iranian ports, and that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen after the agreement is signed. The full text has not yet been released. • What comes next: The US and Iran have offered conflicting accounts of the next steps after a signing ceremony on Friday. Iran’s deputy foreign minister said negotiations will begin when the US releases billions in frozen funds , but an American official has rejected the claim. • Lebanon conflict: Israel has yet to comment on the agreement. Israeli forces launched airstrikes in Beirut earlier Sunday before news of the agreement. Trump criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him “a very difficult guy.” • Oil prices down: Brent crude and US crude prices fell on Sunday after the agreement was announced. Read more Link Copied! Pakistan foreign minister confirms Geneva as venue for agreement signing By Sophia Saifi Pakistan's foreign minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar attends a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, U.S., on May 26. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Pakistan’s foreign minister has confirmed the Swiss city of Geneva as the venue for the agreement signing on Friday between the United States and Iran. Ishaq Dar wrote on X : “We look forward to the formal signing ceremony on 19 June in Geneva…” Describing the development as a “significant breakthrough,” the minister said it “provides much-needed confidence and stability to global markets and the world economy, particularly for developing countries that are most vulnerable to regional instability.” He thanked Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey as some of the countries that had had provided “support and sincere diplomatic efforts” in ensuring this “important milestone.” Read more Link Copied! What to know about the US-Iran agreement By Kathleen Magramo Traffic moves past the Iranian national flag displayed on a building at Enghelab square in Tehran on Sunday. Stringer/AFP/Getty Images The US and Iran on Sunday announced they have reached an agreement aimed at ending hostilities that will take effect on Friday. The full text has not yet been released and a formal signing ceremony slated to take place in Switzerland on Friday. Here’s what to know: What’s on the agreement: US President Donald Trump said the US is lifting its naval blockade on Iranian ports, and that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen after the agreement is signed on Friday. He also said the agreement will ensure that the Strait of Hormuz is “permanently toll free.” Diverging views: The US and Iran have conflicting messages on what comes next after the agreement is signed. Iran’s deputy foreign minister said 60-day nuclear negotiations will begin only once the US releases billions in frozen funds . A US official rejected Iran’s assertions. Lebanon conflict: Israel has yet to comment on the agreement. Trump criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him “a very difficult guy. ” Israeli forces launched airstrikes in Beirut earlier on Sunday, before news of the agreement. Announcement timing: Trump unveiled the Iran agreement on his 80th birthday in the US, just hours before hosting a White House UFC event celebrating the country’s upcoming 250th anniversary. A US official said that Tehran did not want the announcement to be made before midnight in Iran, which would have fallen on Trump’s birthday. Global reactions: Leaders of other nations, including mediators Pakistan and Qatar, have welcomed the US-Iran agreement. Read what they have said here . Market movements: Brent crude and US crude prices fell on Sunday after the agreement was announced. In Asia, markets were up on Monday. Both oil prices and global equities have been volatile on news of negotiations. CNN’s Alejandra Jaramillo, Kevin Liptak, Dalia Abdelwahab, Auzinea Bacon, Stephanie Yang and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed reporting. Read more Link Copied! Iran says lifting sanctions will be a priority during talks with US after agreement signing By Helen Regan Iran’s deputy foreign minister said Sunday that lifting all sanctions on his country will be a priority during the 60-day negotiations between Tehran and Washington after Friday’s expected signing of an agreement with the United States. “We have several issues to address. The first is the termination of all sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Kazem Gharibabadi said in an interview with the official Islamic Republic of Iran News Network. The sanctions relief would also include the “termination of United Nations Security Council resolutions and IAEA Board of Governors resolutions,” he added. Iran is one of the most heavily sanctioned countries in the world. Even before the war, sanctions, inflation and corruption ravaged Iran’s economy . Read more Link Copied! Asia markets up on news of US-Iran agreement By Stephanie Yang in Taipei Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Monday. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images Asian equities rose Monday off a potential agreement between the US and Iran aimed at ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. As of 10:15am local time, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 1.2% as China’s Shanghai Composite index increased 1.2%. Japan’s benchmark index Nikkei 225 gained 5.4% to hit a record high, and South Korea’s Kospi climbed 5%. Meanwhile, the expectation that crude oil could soon flow more freely in the Middle East put pressure on oil prices , with US West Texas Intermediate crude futures down 4.8% and Brent crude, the global benchmark, down 4%. On Sunday, Trump announced that the US and Iran had come to an agreement that would end the US naval blockade of Iran, though the details were not immediately clear. Iran said the agreement would be signed in Switzerland on Friday . Both oil prices and global equities have been volatile on news of negotiations between the US and Iran, as both sides have sought to end the conflict that’s disrupted about one-fifth of the world’s crude oil flows. A global squeeze on energy supplies has threatened economic growth and stability, particularly in Asia, which relies heavily on the Middle East for imports. The blockage of the Strait of Hormuz has also stymied supplies of commodities needed to manufacture tech products and plant crops. Analysts have said that even if the Strait of Hormuz immediately reopens, it will take months for trade flows to return to the same levels as before the war. Read more Link Copied! US blockade in Strait of Hormuz expected to lifted Friday when agreement is signed By Zachary Cohen Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Sunday. Stringer/Reuters The US military has received a directive to lift the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday pending the agreement with Iran is signed, according to a US official. President Donald Trump originally announced Sunday that, following an agreement with Tehran, he was authorizing “the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade” of Iran’s ports. He later said on Sunday, “With the opening of the Strait upon the signing of the Deal on Friday, for purposes of mine removal, oil will flow on both ends again for the Region, and the World!” Trump ordered the blockade in mid-April, around six weeks into the war. The US official noted that is the current understanding and things could change between now and Friday. Read more Link Copied! US rejects Iranian claim that money will be released after Friday’s signing By Alejandra Jaramillo A US official is rejecting Iran’s assertion that it will receive billions of dollars in frozen funds before a planned 60-day negotiating period begins following Friday’s signing of an agreement “This is completely not true. This is a pay for performance deal and no frozen funds will be released without the Iranians implementing their commitments,” the official told CNN on Sunday. The pushback came after Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, said the next phase of talks would depend on Washington first fulfilling several obligations, including releasing Iranian funds frozen abroad. The differing accounts underscore a significant gap between how the United States and Iran are describing what must happen before the next round of negotiations can move forward. Read more Link Copied! Iran team land in Los Angeles ahead of their World Cup opener By Helen Regan Iran’s team bus escorted by police arrives at a hotel in Manhattan Beach, California, U.S. on Sunday. Mike Blake/Reuters The Iranian soccer team arrived in the United States on Sunday hours before US President Donald Trump’s announcement about an agreement toward peace with Iran. The squad landed in Los Angeles after flying from Tijuana, Mexico, a day ahead of their World Cup opener against New Zealand on Monday. It’s the first time in World Cup history that a host nation is at war with one of the participants. The team’s training camp is based in Mexico and will have to commute to the US for their matches, under current arrangements by US authorities. “I hope that football will bring about joy and enjoyment, and bring closer the cultures and countries,” Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei said in a press conference at the Los Angeles Stadium on Sunday, Reuters news agency reported. The team have had to contend with visa delays, immigration restrictions and travel bans, and Ghalenoei said these logistical challenges had negatively affected the squad, according to Reuters. Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi said they play for all Iranians, including those living in the country or abroad. “We are trying to bring joy to all Iranians. Through football, we will make the civilized nation of Iran more united,” he said, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB. Some Iranian-Americans earlier told CNN they plan to boycott the tournament, saying that the Islamic Republic’s political grip on the sport runs too deep to ignore. Others said their heart still remains with the national squad nonetheless. Read more about how Iranian Americans are facing their most complicated World Cup . CNN’s Julia Vargas Jones contributed reporting. Read more Link Copied! World leaders welcome US-Iran agreement By Dalia Abdelwahab World leaders are welcoming the agreement reached by the United States and Iran that is expected to take effect on Friday. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the agreement is set to be signed by both parties on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland, upon the conclusion of the annual Group of Seven Nations (G7) summit in nearby Évians-les-Bains, France. Iran’s deputy foreign minister has also said further talks will take place in Switzerland after a formal signing ceremony on Friday. As reported earlier by CNN , Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani - who emerged throughout the war as a skilled mediator and diplomat - expressed his hope for all parties to engage “in a positive and constructive spirit that will help consolidate this progress and build upon it”. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the progress an “important step”. Here are some more reactions from around the world: Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres expressed his “deep appreciation” to several mediating nations, including Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, calling the agreement in an X post “a critical step towards the peaceful settlement of the conflict.” French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “swift and full implementation” of the memorandum in a post on X, while also notably singling out French support “to the determined efforts of the Lebanese authorities to restore state sovereignty,” as Lebanese involvement in the conflict remains a key sticking point to any ceasefire agreement. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed the framework agreement, but emphasized “the importance of refraining from rhetoric, provocations and actions that could escalate tensions, and of remaining vigilant against possible acts of sabotage until the day the signatures are affixed,” according to Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency. Australian Prime