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Troops withdrawal, reparations for war damage: What Iran demanded in its latest proposal to US to end war

Troops withdrawal, reparations for war damage: What Iran demanded in its latest proposal to US to end war

A woman holds the Iranian flag as she stands infront of an anti-US billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, installed on a building at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 10, 2026. Photograph: (AFP)

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Iran on Tuesday said it has shared a new peace proposal with the United States aimed at ending the ongoing West Asia conflict. Here’s what in it.

In a first comment on Tehran’s latest peace proposal to the United States, Iran on Tuesday (May 19) revealed key focus points included in it. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has said that the proposal involves ending hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon, and the exit of US forces from the areas near Iran, state media reported. This comes a day after Iran said that it responded to a new US proposal aimed at ending the conflict in West Asia.

What’s in the proposal?

The peace plan involves stopping fighting on all fronts. It also includes ending hostilities in Lebanon, where the fighting with Israel has continued despite a ceasefire. The plan also includes reparations for the destruction caused during the war. Gharibabadi also said that Tehran has sought the lifting of sanctions and the release of frozen funds. The plan also includes an end to the US naval blockade of Iran’s ports.

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Reuters reported that the terms described in the Iranian reports appeared to have changed from Iran’s last offer, which the US President Donald Trump dismissed as “garbage”.

Trump claims ‘very positive development’

Meanwhile, Trump on Monday (May 18) hailed a “very positive development” in talks with Iran. He added that the allies in the Middle East told him “they are getting very close to making a deal” that would leave Iran without nuclear weapons.

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“It’s a very positive development, but we’ll see whether or not it amounts to anything,” Trump said during a White House event.

He also claimed that the progress had convinced him to postpone a planned military attack on the Islamic Republic.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates asked him “to hold off on our planned Military attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow, in that serious negotiations are now taking place.”

He added that he had instructed the US military to be “prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached.”

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