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The United States has proposed a 15-point peace plan to Iran as officials seek to end a nearly month-long conflict in the Middle East, according to a report published Tuesday.
The proposal focuses largely on Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs, which have been targeted by U.S. strikes during the conflict, The New York Times reported.
President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that Iran has already agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons.
“They’ve agreed,” he said. “They will never have a nuclear weapon. They’ve agreed to that.”
Iran has not publicly confirmed that it has accepted a permanent halt to its nuclear weapons ambitions.
According to one source cited by The Times, the proposal also addresses maritime routes in the region, including the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has restricted shipping during the conflict.
President Trump said Tuesday that Iran had provided what he described as a “present” related to gas and oil supplies, which he suggested indicated negotiations were progressing.
“They gave it to us, and they said they were going to give it, so that meant one thing to me: we’re dealing with the right people,” the president said.
“We have, really, regime change. You know, this is a change in the regime, because the leaders are all very different than the ones that we started off with that created all those problems,” he added.
President Donald Trump’s negotiating team, led by his son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, has put forward a proposal for a monthlong ceasefire that would allow both sides time to negotiate a 15-point agreement, similar to arrangements previously reached with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and with Lebanon, according to the Times of Israel.
U.S. officials are also seeking a temporary ceasefire while negotiations continue.
According to the New York Post, the United States hopes Iran will agree to a one-month ceasefire as the two sides discuss the broader peace proposal.