Trump Evaluates Iranian Peace Proposal Delivered via Pakistan to End Middle East Crisis

The diplomatic surge comes as US President Donald Trump convened his senior national security team to evaluate a fresh Iranian peace proposal, delivered via Pakistan, aimed at ending the months-long Middle East crisis and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The White House confirmed the proposal called for reopening the narrow Persian Gulf shipping lane in return for lifting the US blockade of Iranian ports and ending the war, with nuclear talks deferred to a later stage, but didn't say how the "America first" president viewed the proposition. "I wouldn't say they're considering it. I would just say that there was a discussion this morning that I don't want to get ahead of, and you'll hear directly from the president, I'm sure, on this topic very soon," spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said. However, Leavitt asserted that Trump's "red lines" with respect to Iran have been made "very, very clear, not just to the American public, but also to them as well". CNN earlier reported that Araghchi handed over a list of "red lines" to be conveyed to the US through Pakistani officials, including "nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz".