{"id":758813,"date":"2026-07-12T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/758813\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:22:08","slug":"a-timeline-of-the-iran-war-and-talks-aimed-at-ending-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/758813\/","title":{"rendered":"A timeline of the Iran war and talks aimed at ending it"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States and Iran<\/a> have again traded strikes<\/a> after a week in which U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> mused that fragile negotiations between them might be \u201cover.\u201d <\/p>\n

The countries are now nearly halfway through the 60-day period that began with their signing of an interim deal<\/a> aimed at permanently ending the war.<\/p>\n

At stake are the lives of Iranians and others throughout the region, including Israel and Lebanon<\/a>, along with foreign residents of Gulf nations, U.S. military personnel stationed in multiple countries and thousands of mariners on ships still hoping to exit the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The strait between Iran and Oman, considered an international waterway before the war, has become one of Tehran\u2019s strongest pressure points in talks. Iran insists it alone now controls the strait.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a brief timeline of the war and efforts to end it:<\/p>\n

Feb. 28<\/p>\n

Israel and the U.S. attack Iran<\/a>, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials, sparking the war. Iran quickly responds with strikes against Israel and across the Gulf region and asserts control over the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for global oil and natural gas supplies from the Gulf.<\/p>\n

March 2<\/p>\n

The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon enters the war by firing rockets at Israel. <\/p>\n

Israel retaliates, leading to an invasion that will occupy large swaths of southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

March 8<\/p>\n

Iran names one of Khamenei\u2019s sons, Mojtaba, as the new supreme leader<\/a>. He still has not been seen in public and is believed to be in hiding after reportedly being hurt in the war\u2019s opening strikes.<\/p>\n

April 7<\/p>\n

A tenuous, two-week ceasefire deal<\/a> is reached. Israel is not included in the discussions.<\/p>\n

April 12<\/p>\n

The U.S. and Iran end hours of historic face-to-face talks<\/a> in Pakistan\u2019s capital without reaching an agreement.<\/p>\n

April 13<\/p>\n

Trump says the U.S. has begun a blockade of Iranian ports<\/a> in an attempt to pressure Tehran to give up its grip on the strait.<\/p>\n

April 14<\/p>\n

Lebanon and Israel hold their first direct diplomatic talks<\/a> in decades in Washington.<\/p>\n

April 17<\/p>\n

Iran says it has reopened the strait to shipping, but that doesn\u2019t last.<\/p>\n

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April 21<\/p>\n

Trump says he is indefinitely extending<\/a> the ceasefire.<\/p>\n

May 3<\/p>\n

Trump announces a U.S. effort to guide ships through the strait. That, too, doesn\u2019t last.<\/p>\n

May 31<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s ground invasion of Lebanon makes its deepest incursion<\/a> in over a quarter-century as Hezbollah continues to target northern Israel.<\/p>\n

June 3<\/p>\n

Israel and Lebanon say they agree to renew their fragile ceasefire<\/a> and create security zones that exclude Hezbollah. <\/p>\n

Hezbollah and Israel quickly resume firing at each other.<\/p>\n

June 7<\/p>\n

Iran fires at Israel in the first such bombardment<\/a> since the ceasefire took effect in early April. Israel fires back.<\/p>\n

June 14<\/p>\n

Trump says an interim deal has been reached<\/a> with Iran and will be signed within days. Iran insists the deal means an end to fighting in Lebanon as well.<\/p>\n

June 17<\/p>\n

Trump signs an agreement with Iran that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium<\/a> and waives U.S.-backed sanctions on the country<\/a>, immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil freely.<\/p>\n

June 22<\/p>\n

Vice President JD Vance says new talks<\/a> with senior Iranian officials in Switzerland created a \u201cgood foundation for a successful final deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

June 26<\/p>\n

Israel and Lebanon announce a U.S.-backed framework agreement<\/a> that is described as a first step toward peace.<\/p>\n

July 1<\/p>\n

Host Qatar says U.S. and Iranian negotiators meet separately<\/a> with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with \u201cpositive progress made.\u201d<\/p>\n

July 2<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s joint military command warns that all oil tankers moving through the strait must use its approved routes or face a \u201cforceful response.\u201d<\/p>\n

July 4<\/p>\n

Iran begins a dayslong funeral<\/a> for the late supreme leader, Khamenei. Talks with the U.S. toward a final deal on the war and Iran\u2019s nuclear program are expected to resume after it ends.<\/p>\n

July 7<\/p>\n

Iran is accused of striking three ships<\/a> in the strait after traffic slowly increases, the most in a single day since late April. The U.S. responds by striking dozens of targets in Iran and reinstating sanctions on Iran\u2019s oil sales. Tehran\u2019s lead negotiator declares that \u201cThe era of bullying and extortion is over.\u201d<\/p>\n

July 8<\/p>\n

Trump declares the ceasefire is \u201cover\u201d but says negotiations can continue, raising fears that the war could ignite again. Days of attacks follow with Iran also firing at Arab states in the region.<\/p>\n

July 10<\/p>\n

Trump threatens Iran with more strikes, saying he\u2019s responding to calls for his death during Khamenei\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n

July 12<\/p>\n

The U.S. military says it hits over 140 targets in Iran, after an Iranian strike on a container ship in the strait left a crew member missing. Tehran says the strait is closed until calm is restored. The U.S. says the strait remains open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States and Iran have again traded strikes after a week in which U.S. President Donald Trump…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[180119,23,12,793,7590,801,1570,228242,803,1569,6009,31737,129,1575,1576,3,111,21,19,22,20,25,24,964,800,1681,965],"class_list":["post-758813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-ali-khamenei","tag-america","tag-donald-trump","tag-general-news","tag-international-agreements","tag-iran","tag-iran-government","tag-iran-war","tag-israel","tag-israel-government","tag-jd-vance","tag-lebanon","tag-middle-east","tag-mideast-wars","tag-military-and-defense","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-war-and-unrest","tag-washington-news","tag-waterways","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}