The announcement of a two-week ceasefire has allowed Donald Trump to hail the reopening of the Hormuz strait as a victorious dawn of a new golden age, but it is Iran that enters peace talks with the stronger hand. Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPATrump said the ceasefire was contingent on the “complete, immediate and safe opening of the strait of Hormuz”. In his first posts of the day, Trump sought to reframe the ceasefire on more favourable terms. In negotiations that were ended by the US-Israeli attack on Iran on 28 February, Tehran was apparently ready to surrender that stockpile. The negotiations will also begin under the shadow of a new status quo, with Iran as co-custodian and beneficiary of the strait of Hormuz.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2026 15:58 UTC