FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire just hours before Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The deal, mediated by Pakistan’s leadership including Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, requires Iran to pause its blockade of the strait in exchange for a halt to attacks. Iran signaled it would stop counter-attacks if strikes against it also cease. Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel would pause strikes on Iran during the ceasefire, though fighting in Lebanon may continue, creating some uncertainty about how broadly the truce applies. RelatedNews Iraq and Pakistan strike deal with Iran to move oil and gas through Hormuz Iran expands its operational area in Hormuz var jnews_module_21369611_0_6a04e1b872578 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21369611","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,2647,131","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ad