US-Iran Peace Deal Declares Permanent End to Hostilities
Trump Announces Iran Peace Deal, Hormuz Reopens Immediately
Islamabad/Washington/Tehran – A Fragile Peace at 80: Trump Announces ‘Immediate’ End to West Asia War
In a stunning diplomatic breakthrough that ricocheted across global capitals on Sunday, June 14, 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a comprehensive peace deal, bringing an “immediate The announcement, made first by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and swiftly confirmed by an exultant U.S. President Donald Trump on his 80th birthday, marks the most decisive signal yet that the region’s deadliest conflict in a decade may finally be winding down.
The deal, brokered by Pakistan after weeks of secret shuttle diplomacy, includes a complete cessation of military operations on all fronts — from the Persian Gulf to the mountains of Lebanon, where Iranian ally Hezbollah has been locked in fierce cross-border fighting with Israeli forces. Under the terms outlined by Sharif on X (formerly Twitter), both parties have committed to “the immediate and permanent termination of military operations,” a clause that notably extends to non-state actors backed by Tehran. An official signing ceremony is scheduled for June 19 in neutral Switzerland, with U.S. Secretary of State and Iranian Foreign Minister expected to affix their signatures.
President Trump, who has long promised to end “endless wars,” used characteristically dramatic language to unveil the American side of the bargain. blockade triggered a spike in energy prices to over $180 a barrel. Within minutes of Trump’s statement, crude futures tumbled 12% in after-hours trading.
But the path to Sunday’s announcement was anything but smooth. Just hours before Sharif’s post, Tehran had struck a defiant tone. the entire mediation effort. The strike — reportedly carried out with high-altitude drones — had been widely seen as a last-minute provocation by actors opposed to the deal. For much of the day, Iran’s mission to the UN declined to offer any clear timeline for an agreement, leaving diplomats in Qatar and Turkey nervously refreshing encrypted channels.
Yet by late evening in Islamabad, the logjam had broken. “Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” he wrote, explicitly extending the truce to the Lebanese-Israeli border, where Hezbollah has fired thousands of rockets since March. The Pakistani leader, whose country used its unique leverage — including backchannel communications with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and quiet White House outreach — thanked the U.S. and Iran “for finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict,” as well as the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey for their support.
Notably, there was no immediate confirmation from Iranian state television, which instead aired patriotic songs and footage of military parades. But two senior Iranian officials, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had approved the deal after a heated closed-door session of the Supreme National Security Council. The officials said Iran won key concessions, including a partial unfreezing of $12 billion in oil revenues held abroad and a pledge from Washington to “review” sanctions on several Iranian banks within six months.
The war, which began in early March after an Israeli strike on an Iranian consulate in Damascus, quickly spiraled into a multi-front conflict. Iran launched unprecedented direct missile and drone attacks on Israeli territory, while U.S. naval forces engaged Iranian patrol vessels in the Gulf. Lebanon’s Hezbollah opened a northern front, and Yemen’s Houthis intensified attacks on Red Sea shipping. More than 12,000 combatants and over 3,000 civilians — including hundreds in Beirut and southern Lebanon — have been killed, according to UN estimates.
As night fell over the region, cautious relief mixed with skepticism. In Tehran, some Iranians celebrated briefly on the streets; in Tel Aviv, officials said they would abide by the ceasefire but warned they remained “vigilant.” For Trump, the agreement caps a foreign policy push he has long sought. “Peace in our time?” an aide joked. The president, turning 80, simply replied: “Better late than never.”