US sends 15-point peace proposal to Iran amid conflict in the Middle East

The United States reportedly proposed a 15-point peace plan to Iran Tuesday as it looks to negotiate an end to the nearly month-long conflict in the Middle East.

The proposal's main focus is on Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs, which the U.S. has targeted with missile strikes during the conflict, according to the New York Times. 

President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that Iran has already agreed to never develop a nuclear weapon, marking a significant victory for the United States and Israel after Trump bombed Iran's nuclear facilities last year. 

“They’ve agreed,” the president said. “They will never have a nuclear weapon. They’ve agreed to that.” 

Iran has not publicly confirmed that it agreed to permanently stop its pursuit of nuclear weapons. 

One source told the New York Times that the plan also discusses maritime routes, which comes as Iran blocks ships from using the Strait of Hormuz. 

The plan comes the same day Trump said Iran has given the United States a "present" related to gas and oil, which he claimed signaled the U.S. is negotiating and working with the "right people" in Iran.

“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,” Trump 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."

The U.S. is also hoping that Iran will agree to a one-month ceasefire while the two sides negotiate the peace plan, according to the New York Post.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.