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Moscow ordered, and Kyiv accepted, a nationwide halt to combat from 16:00 April 11 until midnight April 12, 2026, marking the first mutually acknowledged pause in fighting this year.
9 Apr 2026: Tehran formally notified regional stakeholders that, for the two-week U.S.–Iran ceasefire, no more than fifteen vessels a day may cross the Strait of Hormuz and only after individual clearance by the IRGC, slashing traffic to under one-tenth of normal levels.
On 6 Apr 2026, hours after Pakistani mediators floated a two-phase deal, President Trump set a hard 8 p.m. ET Tuesday deadline while Israel bombed Iran’s South Pars gas field, killing two IRGC generals and crippling half of Iran’s petrochemical output.
Within 24 hours of the 8 April 2026 U.S.–Iran two-week truce, Israel conducted its largest Lebanon strike of the war while Tehran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, throwing the brand-new ceasefire into immediate doubt.
On 8 April 2026, Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week truce, but within hours Israel asserted the deal did not apply to Lebanon and resumed air-strikes around Tyre even as Hezbollah observed a newly-begun firing pause.
On 7 April 2026, U.S. and Israeli jets launched a fresh wave of strikes—over 50 hits on Iran’s Kharg Island plus bridges and rail lines nationwide—just hours before President Trump’s 20:00 EDT deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face broader attacks.
On 6 Apr 2026, President Trump warned that if Iran has not reopened the Strait of Hormuz by 8 PM ET on 7 Apr, U.S. forces will annihilate every Iranian bridge and power plant in a four-hour bombing campaign.
On 4 April 2026 a projectile hit just outside Iran’s Bushehr reactor for the fourth time in five weeks, killing a guard and damaging an auxiliary building but causing no radiation spike, prompting the IAEA and WHO to issue rare joint warnings.
On 6 Apr 2026, Israeli jets bombed the Asaluyeh South Pars complex, abruptly halting most of Iran’s petrochemical export capacity in the shadow of President Trump’s 8 April ultimatum on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
On 6 Apr 2026 regional mediators delivered a draft two-tier ceasefire to Washington and Tehran, but Iran rejected reopening the Strait of Hormuz before a permanent accord, even as President Trump warned he will unleash massive strikes if the waterway is not cleared by Tuesday night.
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