{"id":30901,"date":"2026-04-06T11:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30901"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:46:59","slug":"iran-us-receive-plan-to-end-hostilities-immediate-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/iran-us-receive-plan-to-end-hostilities-immediate-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Iran, US receive plan to end hostilities, immediate ceasefire&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Iran and the United States \u200b(US) have received a plan to end hostilities that could come into effect on Monday and \u200creopen the Strait of Hormuz, a source aware of the proposals said on Monday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A framework to end hostilities has been put together by Pakistan and exchanged with Iran and the US overnight, the source said, outlining a two-tier approach with an immediate ceasefire followed by a \u200bcomprehensive agreement.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;All elements need to be agreed today,&#8221; the source said, adding the initial understanding would be \u200bstructured as a memorandum of understanding finalised electronically through Pakistan, the sole communication channel in \u2060the talks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Axios first reported on Sunday that the United States, Iran and regional mediators were discussing a potential 45-day \u200bceasefire as part of a two-phase deal that could lead to a permanent end to the war, citing US, \u200bIsraeli and regional sources.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The source told Reuters Pakistan&#8217;s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has been in contact &#8220;all night long&#8221; with US Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30899,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-30901","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Iran and the United States \u200b(US) have received a plan to end hostilities","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30902,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30901\/revisions\/30902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}