WASHINGTON - The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week cease-fire, though with some conditions, on Tuesday shortly before President Donald Trump's deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was due to pass.
Trump said the United States will refrain from attacking Iran for two weeks on condition that Tehran immediately and completely allows commercial shipping to safely pass through the strait, where about 20 percent of the world's oil supply flows.
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