Iran live updates: US blockade of Iran's Strait of Hormuz ports to begin Monday

Following the announcement of a temporary ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt celebrated the development.

"This is a victory for the United States that President Trump and our incredible military made happen," Leavitt said in a social media post. "From the very beginning of Operation Epic Fury, President Trump estimated this would be a 4-6 week operation."

The post went on: "The success of our military created maximum leverage, allowing President Trump and the team to engage in tough negotiations that have now created an opening for a diplomatic solution and long-term peace."

Leavitt also credited Trump, saying he "got the Strait of Hormuz reopened."

Earlier, Iran's foreign minister said in a statement the two-week deal includes "safe passage" through the strait "via coordination with Iran's Armed Forces."

Responding to President Donald Trump's ceasefire proposal, Iran declared victory Tuesday with Iran's foreign minister saying the Iranian military will "cease their defensive operations" if the U.S. halts its attacks.

Regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said: "For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran's Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations."

It's unclear if such a proposal will satisfy Trump's demand for the "COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE" reopening of the strait.

Following Trump's announcement, Iran's Supreme National Security Council posted a lengthy statement on Iranian state media declaring victory and laying out details of a 10-point plan for ending the war, including unverified claims about U.S. concessions.

In announcing the ceasefire proposal, Trump called the 10-point plan "a workable basis on which to negotiate" but did not provide specifics.

The Supreme National Security Council said two weeks of negotiations are set to begin later this week.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there are discussions about in-person talks, "but nothing is final until announced by the President or the White House."

President Donald Trump says he has agreed to suspend a planned bombing attack on Iran for two weeks if Iran agrees to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

In the post on his social media platform, less than two hours before a self-imposed deadline in which he had threatened "a whole civilization could die," Trump cited conversations with Pakistani officials, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who have been negotiating an off-ramp.

In the post, Trump said, "subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!"

In the post, Trump said the U.S. has received a 10-point proposal from Iran and "believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate. Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated."

As Trump's deadline for Iran looms, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, released a statement Tuesday about Iranian attacks on Israel and U.S. interests in the Middle East, saying they will continue to be "heavier and more massive."

"The wave of effective and devastating attacks by the Iranian armed forces against the military, security, and economic infrastructure of the Zionist regime in the occupied territories and centers related to the criminal America in the region will continue, heavier and more massive," Zolfaghari said.

The spokesperson said the IRGC would target "infrastructure of the US and its allies to deprive them of the region's oil and gas for years and force them to leave the region."