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Iran still reviewing new U.S. peace proposal as Trump predicts war will 'be over quickly': Reports

CNBC · May 7, 2026, 7:41 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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  • Iran is "currently reviewing" messages from the U.S. that it received via Pakistani mediators, but it has yet to reach a conclusion or deliver a reply, an Iranian official said Thursday, state media outlets reported.
  • President Donald Trump later said at the White House that the Iranians want to "make a deal very much, and we'll see whether or not they can make a deal that's satisfactory to us."

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Iran is "currently reviewing" messages from the U.S. that it received via Pakistani mediators, but it has yet to reach a conclusion or deliver a reply, an Iranian official said Thursday, state media outlets reported.

The comments attributed to Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei came one day after Axios and other outlets reported that the U.S. and Iran were nearing a 14-point memorandum of understanding to end the war and tee up further nuclear talks.

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