Trump lifts Iran blockade after peace deal reached: ‘Let the oil flow’ – National

A peace deal has been reached between the United States and Iran, according to U.S. President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s prime minister.

Trump made the announcement Sunday afternoon on his social media platform Truth Social.

“I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade,” Trump wrote. “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif added that the accord would include Lebanon.

“Both sides have the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” Sharif said.

The signing of the new accord would take place on Friday in Switzerland.

Sunday’s announcement follows a day that saw Israel, which has been sidelined from the negotiations, attacking Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Sharif said in his post that mediators would facilitate a series of meetings this week.

“These pre-implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony,” Sharif wrote, adding there will be an official signing ceremony Friday in Switzerland.

Prior to the announcement, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said once a ceasefire is established, work must be done to continue it.

“The moral choice is to do everything we can to establish a ceasefire and build that into a durable ceasefire and ultimately peace in the region, including Lebanon,” he said Sunday morning. “Canada will do whatever we can to support that.”

Carney added that includes supporting the reduction of threats from Iran and its proxies against its regional neighbours, and its nuclear threat.

Iran has wanted a ceasefire deal to include an end to the fighting in Lebanon, where Israel has pushed its invasion deeper than at any point in the past quarter-century as it targets Hezbollah. Tehran has also said it’s seeking the release of billions of dollars in frozen funds.

Tehran’s missile program and support for armed proxies in the region, such as Hezbollah, were among the stated targets by the U.S. and Israel when they launched the war on Feb. 28. The conflict began with strikes that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Khamenei’s son became Iran’s new supreme leader, though he has not been seen in public since the war began. His approval was needed for Iran to sign off on the peace deal.

Trump has already faced criticism of the deal before it was announced, with some members of his own Republican Party among them. Some politicians have said the proposed deal did not improve on the terms of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal signed under former president Barack Obama, that Trump withdrew from in his first term.

The Iranian government also warned in the hours leading up to the announcement of the deal that any division at home over the deal weakens its negotiating position.

Sunday morning, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged national unity and called it a “disgrace” when someone stands before parliament and calls anyone who negotiates a traitor.

–with files from The Associated Press

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