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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Israel's ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter about the peace deal the Trump administration says it's made with Iran.

On social media, President Trump says a deal between Washington and Tehran to end the war "is now complete." He says the deal will be signed Friday.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Karim Sadjadpour, of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about a ceasefire deal with Iran, announced by President Trump and Pakistani mediators.

The deal is a major breakthrough in the conflict that set the Middle East aflame and shook the global economy. However, it did not resolve critical issues set aside for further negotiations.

President Trump says a deal has been reached to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. NPR's Franco Ordoñez discusses what we know and what comes next.

President Trump said the U.S. would remove its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Pakistan's prime minister, a key mediator in U.S.-Iran talks to end the war, said Saturday that a peace deal was closer "than ever before," and could be finalized "in the next 24 hours."

President Trump said Thursday that he was canceling strikes on Iran as talks were back on with Iran and a peace deal was imminent.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks former State Department advisor and negotiator Aaron David Miller about peace talks and Iran's strategic options following President Trump's announcement that a deal is close.

President Trump had previously been amping up his rhetoric against Iran.