September 3, 2026

Trump agrees to two-week ceasefire with Iran with reopening of Strait of Hormuz

He later said on Truth Social: “A big day for World Peace! Iran wants it to happen, they’ve had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else!” Iran could start the reconstruction process and the U.S. would help in traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz, he added.

Trump said that Iran’s enriched uranium would be included in the deal.

The fate of the uranium is a key issue in a war that the U.S. president said was aimed at ensuring the Islamic Republic could never get a nuclear weapon.

“That will be perfectly taken care of or I wouldn’t have settled,” Trump said, without giving any specifics about what would happen to the uranium.

The war, now in its sixth week, has claimed more than 5,000 lives in nearly a dozen countries, including ​more than 1,600 civilians in Iran, according to tallies from government sources and human ⁠rights groups.

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