WASHINGTON — President Trump claimed Wednesday that Iran asked the US for a ceasefire, but said that he won’t agree to stop the fighting until the theocratic regime opens the Strait of Hormuz.
“Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. REUTERS US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2026. AFP via Getty Images “We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!”
Trump has long said that Iran has been begging to negotiate a way out of the war in Iran that began on Feb. 28, but this is the first time he mentioned any talk of a ceasefire.
