{"id":6239,"date":"2026-04-08T06:51:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6239"},"modified":"2026-04-08T06:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:06:05","slug":"iran-and-the-united-states-announce-two-weeks-ceasefire-on-mediation-of-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6239","title":{"rendered":"Iran and the United States \u200bannounce two weeks Ceasefire on mediation of Pakistan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Washington. Iran and the United States \u200bhave received a plan to end hostilities that could come into effect on Monday and \u200creopen the Strait of Hormuz, a source aware of the proposals said on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">A framework to end hostilities has been put together by Pakistan and exchanged with Iran and the U.S. overnight, the source said, outlining a two-tier approach with an immediate ceasefire followed by a comprehensive agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&#8220;All elements need to be agreed today,&#8221; the source said, adding the initial understanding would be \u200bstructured as a memorandum of understanding finalised electronically through Pakistan, the sole communication channel in \u2060the talks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Axios first reported on Sunday that the United States, Iran and regional mediators were discussing a potential 45-day \u200bceasefire as part of a two-phase deal that could lead to a permanent end to the war, citing U.S., \u200bIsraeli and regional sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The source told Reuters Pakistan&#8217;s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has been in contact &#8220;all night long&#8221; with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Under the proposal, a ceasefire would take effect immediately, \u200breopening the Strait of Hormuz, with 15\u201320 days to finalise a broader settlement. The deal, tentatively dubbed the &#8220;Islamabad Accord,&#8221; \u200bwould include a regional framework for the strait, with final in-person talks in Islamabad. &#8211; Reuters\u00a0<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260408_064840_338.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington. Iran and the United States \u200bhave received a plan to end hostilities that could come into effect on Monday and \u200creopen the Strait of Hormuz, a source aware of the proposals said on Monday. A framework to end hostilities has been put together by Pakistan and exchanged with Iran and the U.S. overnight, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775452635576.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6240,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6239\/revisions\/6240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}