WASHINGTON \u2014 We have a deal.<\/p>\n
President Trump canceled impending\u00a0US strikes and a purported plan to storm Iran\u2019s Kharg Island<\/a>\u00a0Thursday, telling The Post that an agreement between Washington and Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin nuclear negotiations was \u201call wrapped up.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBased on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to\u00a0the highest level of Iranian leadership\u00a0<\/a>and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,\u201d\u00a0he said on Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n President Trump called off strikes on Iran Thursday. Aaron Schwartz\/POOL via CNP\/INSTARimages.com<\/p>\n \u201cDiscussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s announcement came after The Post reported Iran had submitted a final draft of a prospective agreement to Qatari mediators Wednesday night.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s pretty much all wrapped up,\u201d the president told The Post in a brief phone call.<\/p>\n Details of the new agreement were not immediately unavailable, but Trump indicated that the US would lift its nearly two-month-old blockade of Iranian ports once the deal is signed \u2014 something Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said would only happen if Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n \u201cNaval Blockade will remain in full force and effect until this Transaction is finalized,\u201d Trump said on Truth Social, adding that an in-person signing ceremony would happen at a \u201ctime and place \u2026 to be announced shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n Iran finalized its latest draft of a proposed agreement with the US as missiles whizzed back and forth between the two belligerents, submitting it to Qatari intermediaries to pass on to Washington, US and regional sources familiar with mediations told The Post on Thursday.<\/p>\n New York Post Design<\/p>\n \u201cThe text of the agreement was completed and finalized on Wednesday evening,\u201d according to a regional source familiar with Iranian leadership. \u201cDoha has been in contact with both Iran and the United States to facilitate the agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf final approval is granted, the implementation process of the understanding will begin,\u201d the person added.<\/p>\n The apparent breakthrough happened after US forces pounded Iran\u2019s coasts overnight, targeting missile and radar systems in retaliation for the Islamic Republic downing an American Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz Monday night,\u00a0as source familiar with the operation told The Post.<\/p>\n Follow The Post\u2019s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis<\/a><\/p>\n The strikes lasted approximately four hours and ended shortly before dawn broke across Iran, targeting the theocratic regime\u2019s \u201cmilitary surveillance capabilities, communication systems and air defense sites,\u201d according to US Central Command.<\/p>\n Trump announced the agreement hours after threatening to strike Iran \u201cVERY HARD TONIGHT\u201d in a Thursday morning post to Truth Social, adding that the US would also soon invade Kharg Island, a hub of Iranian oil refinement.<\/p>\n \u201cAt some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela,\u201d Trump\u00a0wrote on Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0after 8 a.m.<\/p>\n Cargo and commerical vessels seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran on June 8, 2026. AP Photo\/Amirhosein Khorgooi<\/p>\n He later said he has always preferred the military option of seizing the island that produces roughly 90% of Iran\u2019s crude oil, but has held back so far as he worried Americans wouldn\u2019t support it.<\/p>\n \u201cWe \u2060are talking \u2060to them, and all, but you know, \u2060look, my preference has always been \u2014 take \u2060Kharg Island \u2026 my preference would be that,\u201d he told \u2060Fox News\u2019 \u201cFox and Friends.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c\u2060I don\u2019t know that America has the stomach for it.\u201d<\/p>\n Iran has been quietly betting the president would not launch such an operation, which US military sources have told The Post would risk the lives of US troops and require boots on the ground.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe he knows he can\u2019t win in a war, but at the same time the Israelis and the Zionist lobby won\u2019t let him sign an agreement,\u201d an Iranian source close to the regime told The Post this week.<\/p>\n Follow The Post\u2019s coverage on the latest in the war with Iran:<\/p>\n The Jewish state has yet to publicly comment on the reported agreement, but a senior Israeli official told told Israel\u2019s Channel 12 they were \u201cnot aware of any agreement being reached.\u201d<\/p>\n Prior to Thursday, the president had claimed a deal was \u201cclose\u201d at least 37 times since the start of the war on Feb. 28, according to a review by The Post of prior statements to reporters and social media.<\/p>\n