Report: Witkoff gave Iranians a written US proposal for a nuclear deal

The US gave Iran a written proposal for a nuclear deal during the fourth round of talks between the two countries, a US official and two other sources with direct knowledge tell the Axios news site.

The report says that US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, gave the proposal to the Iranians in Oman on Sunday.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has taken the plan back to Tehran for consultations with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian, Axios says.

The report says that in the first round of talks, Araghchi offered Witkoff a document with written proposals, but the US envoy said it was too early in the process and that relations needed to be built first.

Witkoff accepted a document at the third round of talks, Axios says.

After a team of American experts examined the proposal and responded with questions, the Iranians replied and additionally asked questions of their own.

At the same time, the US team readied its own proposal of the limits for a Iranian civilian nuclear program, and its monitoring requirements, the sources tell Axios.

That proposal was then handed over in Oman to the Iranians.

US State Department officials declined to comment to Axios.

Earlier today, Trump said the US is “getting close to maybe doing” a deal with Iran, and that Tehran “sort of” agreed to terms.