Donald Trump is seeking a one-month ceasefire with Iran and has submitted a 15-point peace plan as Washington hunts for a swift offramp from the war.
Middle East envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are working on a framework involving ‘the declaration of a monthlong ceasefire period, during which the sides would negotiate,’ sources told Israel’s Channel 12.
The 15-point plan, modeled on Trump’s Gaza deal, was confirmed by two officials briefed on the talks, the New York Times reported.
It includes Iran dismantling all of its nuclear and long-range missile capabilities, as well as opening the Strait of Hormuz, and abandoning its ties to proxy terror groups across the Middle East.
The proposal outlines reciprocal benefits for Iran, including assistance with advancing its civilian nuclear program, as well as lifting all sanctions imposed by the international community.
Pakistan delivered the plan to Iranian officials with a 24-hour deadline to respond, Haaretz reported.
Trump said Tuesday that Iran had abandoned its nuclear ambitions, with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio leading the peace talks.
‘They’re talking to us, and they’re talking sense,’ the President told reporters in the Oval Office.
Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday
US sailors observing as an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 31, approaches the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during Operation Epic Fury, on March 8
Speaker of the Iranian parliament Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, February 1, 2026
‘I don’t want to say in advance, but they’ve agreed they will never have a nuclear weapon.’
Trump has come under intense pressure to end the war which has sent global oil prices skyrocketing as Iran strangles the narrow Strait of Hormuz.
Oil futures dropped sharply on news of the 15-point plan, with futures for Brent crude – the global benchmark – falling from $100 per barrel to $95.
Trump announced a five-day halt to US strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure on Monday as he urged Tehran to come to the negotiating table.
The US is considering deploying 3,000 paratroopers for a possible ground invasion despite the diplomatic overtures, joining thousands of Marines already in the region.
Mohammed-Baqer Qalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, has emerged as the country’s de-facto leader, with Trump officials singling him out as their preferred interlocutor.
Qalibaf has denied talks with Washington.
Trump refused to provide names on Tuesday as he bragged: ‘We killed all their leadership.’
Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7
The President claimed that Iran had presented the US with a valuable gift, in a sign of their goodwill, without revealing what that was.
‘They did something yesterday that was amazing. Actually, they gave us a present and the present arrived today and it was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money,’ Trump said.
‘And I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize and they gave it to us.’
Asked about the proposed month-long ceasefire and 15-point peace plan, the White House refused to confirm or deny the report.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Daily Mail: ‘As President Trump and his negotiators explore this newfound possibility of diplomacy, Operation Epic Fury continues unabated to achieve the military objectives laid out by the commander in chief and the Pentagon.’
