President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a deal to end the conflict with Iran, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, had been “largely negotiated” following discussions with regional leaders and Israel.
In a post on social media, Trump said that the “final aspects and details” of the agreement were still being discussed and would be announced soon.
He said he had spoken with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump described the emerging arrangement as a “memorandum of understanding pertaining to peace” that would still require final approval from the United States, Iran and other participating countries.
The announcement follows weeks of diplomatic efforts aimed at preventing a renewed escalation after a fragile ceasefire took hold in early April.
Neither Iran nor Israel immediately commented on Trump’s remarks. Trump said his conversation with Netanyahu, who had previously pressed Washington to take military action against Iran, had gone “very well.”
Earlier on Saturday, a regional official familiar with Pakistan-led mediation efforts said the United States and Iran were moving closer to an agreement to formally end the conflict. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks, cautioned that unresolved disputes could still derail the negotiations.
According to the official, the proposed framework would include a formal declaration ending the war, followed by two months of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. It would also reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end a US blockade on Iranian ports.
The official said Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, had recently held additional talks in Tehran that helped narrow differences between the parties.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed Trump’s efforts, saying Islamabad would continue to support peace initiatives and hoped to host future rounds of negotiations.
In a post on X, Sharif praised what he described as Trump’s “extraordinary efforts to pursue peace” and called recent discussions among regional leaders “useful and productive.”
The conflict began on Feb. 28, when the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, killing senior Iranian officials and disrupting ongoing nuclear negotiations. Iran responded with attacks against Israel and countries hosting US forces in the region, raising fears of a wider war across the Middle East.
Although a ceasefire has largely held since April 7, tensions have remained high, particularly over the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route through which much of the world’s oil and natural gas exports pass.
Iranian officials have characterized the current proposal as a framework for further negotiations rather than a final settlement.
State television quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei as saying Tehran viewed the draft as a basis for addressing the issues necessary to end what it calls an imposed war, with details to be negotiated over the next 30 to 60 days.
Baghaei said discussions include the Strait of Hormuz but do not currently cover Iran’s nuclear program. He added that lifting sanctions on Iran remains a central demand in the negotiations.
Analysts say the uncertainty surrounding the talks underscores the fragility of the ceasefire and the challenges that remain in translating diplomatic progress into a lasting agreement.
