A regional official involved in mediation efforts said the proposal announced by Trump over the weekend calls for the US and Iran to return to negotiations and continue working through issues that have previously prevented progress towards an agreement.

US President Donald Trump has said he will order American forces to halt fresh strikes against Iran, claiming that Middle East allies have agreed on the parameters of a deal aimed at ending the five-month-old war.

Trump Announces Halt To Strikes

The emerging agreement “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran's nuclear threat,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday evening.

“Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” Trump said.