Trump predicts war will end 'quickly' as Iran weighs reported 14‑point US proposal
US President Donald Trump said he expects the war in Iran to be “over quickly” as Tehran reviews a US proposal, and Pakistan works to turn a ceasefire into a permanent end to the fighting. The comments followed reports that Washington is circulating a one‑page, 14‑point memorandum that could serve as a framework for broader nuclear talks.
According to people briefed on the matter cited by Axios, the draft includes a suspension of Iranian nuclear enrichment, the lifting of sanctions and the restoration of free transit through the Strait of Hormuz. The report said many of the terms would depend on a final agreement.
Reuters reported that two sources briefed on the US‑Iran mediation confirmed the outline initially described by Axios, though the proposal has not been publicly detailed. Tehran has not announced a position.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Ismail Baghaei was quoted by the Iranian Students’ News Agency as saying the American proposal is still being reviewed and that Iran will inform the Pakistani side of its view once that process is concluded.
Pakistan’s foreign minister said Islamabad is “endeavouring to convert this ceasefire into a permanent end to this war.” A senior member of Iran’s parliament dismissed the reported memo as a “wish list,” while Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, wrote on X that the United States would not gain in war what it had not achieved in talks.
He added that Iran “has its finger on the trigger” and warned of a “harsh and regret‑inducing response” if the US does not “surrender and grant the necessary concessions.” Speaking to Republicans in Georgia during a virtual campaign event on Wednesday evening, Trump said he was optimistic the war would end soon and argued that most people understand his goal of denying Iran a nuclear weapon.
Earlier in the day, he said the US had “very good talks with Iran in the last 24 hours” and that “a deal is possible,” adding that any hardship for Americans from high fuel prices would be short‑term.
In a separate post on his social platform, Trump said that if Iran did not agree to a deal, “the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before.” He also said Operation Epic Fury—the initial US‑Israeli offensive in Iran—would end “assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to,” after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the operation had achieved its objectives.
Trump further claimed, not for the first time, that Iran had agreed never to have a nuclear weapon “among other things,” a statement not confirmed by Tehran. Iran’s nuclear programme remains a central point of contention in the contacts described by both sides.