U.S., Iran set June 19 signing for peace agreement (opens in new tab)

President Trump, Iranian officials and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the United States and Iran reached a framework agreement to end their war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports. A formal signing is scheduled for June 19 in Switzerland. Sharif said the pact calls for the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” while Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi confirmed an ...