United States President Donald Trump lashed out at critics of his agreement with Iran on Thursday, calling those who accused him of offering concessions to end the war “fools”.

Meanwhile, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian welcomed what he called a “historic” deal with the United States to end their war and pave the way for negotiations towards a final settlement.

Trump wrote on his Truth Social account, “These fools, who think I haven’t been tough enough on Iran, when the Stock Market Just Hit A RECORD HIGH, and Oil prices are “tumbling” down, are either jealous, bad people, or stupid.”

In a social media post, Pezeshkian said, “This is a historic document and a message from a powerful Iran: peace will be achieved in the shadow of mutual respect,” showing an image of the document, which carried his signature as well as US President Donald Trump and their mediator, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Likewise, a French-flagged LNG tanker left the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, a tracking platform said, as an agreement to end the US-Iran deal paved the way for the key passage’s reopening.

The liquefied natural gas vessel (LNG) the Mraikh, owned by the Nantes-based subsidiary of Norwegian company Knutsen OAS Shipping, was the first such French vessel to make the transit since the start of the Iran conflict on February 28.

Traffic in the strait appeared to have accelerated on Thursday, with numerous ships seemingly transiting the waterway in both directions, according to AIS signals published on MarineTraffic. (AFP)