{"id":857,"date":"2026-07-02T19:13:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=857"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:13:25","slug":"trump-cancels-further-u-s-strikes-on-iran-says-war-is-ended-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=857","title":{"rendered":"Trump Cancels Further U.S. Strikes On Iran, Says War Is \u2018Ended\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President Trump announced Thursday that he canceled scheduled U.S. military strikes against Iran and declared the conflict \u201cover\u201d after discussions with Iranian leadership.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump said Iran had agreed to never develop nuclear weapons, calling that commitment the primary objective of negotiations. He indicated that a formal agreement would be finalized in Switzerland with interested parties.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted to Truth Social, Trump said, \u201cBased on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Naval Blockade Continues<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Navy blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain in effect until a final agreement is signed, Trump stated. The waterway handles roughly 25% of the world\u2019s seaborne oil shipments and about 20% of global liquefied natural gas exports, making it a critical energy chokepoint.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freshusanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tmpv4cycsws_20260617_202339_PK8E9E-735x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump said he discussed the potential agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other regional leaders before the announcement. Netanyahu\u2019s office confirmed the call, stating that Israel welcomed Trump\u2019s commitment to ensuring any final deal includes significant restrictions on Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<h2>Market Reaction<\/h2>\n<p>European stocks rallied sharply following the announcement, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 climbing 1.8% and most major indexes posting gains around 2% in morning trading. Energy markets responded to easing tensions as well.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. crude oil futures for July delivery fell 1.61%, while August Brent crude futures dropped 1.75% as traders priced in reduced risk of supply disruptions. The decline reflected investor expectations that the agreement would ease Middle East tensions.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story has been updated. CNN\u2019s international affairs team contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump announced Thursday that he canceled scheduled U.S. military strikes against Iran and declared the conflict \u201cover\u201d after discussions with Iranian leadership. Trump said Iran had agreed to never &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}