US-Iran ceasefire deal: What are the terms, and what’s next?

Key Points

• The United States and Iran have agreed to a short‑term, two‑week cease‑fire that takes effect immediately, suspending U.S.
• and Israeli air strikes on Iran and its regional proxies while Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz for safe passage of oil‑shipping traffic.
• Washington has accepted the “general framework” of Iran’s ten‑point proposal and is reviewing a U.S.
• fifteen‑point plan that is understood to require Iran to renounce nuclear weapons, surrender its highly‑enriched uranium, limit its conventional defence capabilities, end support for proxy militias, acknowledge Israel’s right to exist and allow the Strait to operate freely.

Full Details

The United States and Iran have agreed to a short‑term, two‑week cease‑fire that takes effect immediately, suspending U.S. and Israeli air strikes on Iran and its regional proxies while Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz for safe passage of oil‑shipping traffic. Washington has accepted the “general framework” of Iran’s ten‑point proposal and is reviewing a U.S. fifteen‑point plan that is understood to require Iran to renounce nuclear weapons, surrender its highly‑enriched uranium, limit its conventional defence capabilities, end support for proxy militias, acknowledge Israel’s right to exist an