Trump Says Expects Iranian Response To Peace Proposal In Next Few Hours

01:52 9.5.2026

US President Donald Trump on May 8 said he expects an answer from Tehran to the latest US peace proposal within the next few hours, as hopes again rise that an agreement to end the nearly 70-day war was possible.

“I’m getting a letter supposedly tonight, so we’ll see how that goes,” Trump told reporters outside the White House on May 8.

Trump and other US officials have often asserted that a deal was close with Iranian leaders to end the war — which began with US-Israeli air strikes on Iran on February 28 — only to have talks end without a breakthrough.

On May 7, Trump said a deal was “very possible,” but he also warned Tehran of the resumption of massive air strikes if it did not accept the US proposal.

Leaders in Tehran have said they are studying the latest US plan, reportedly a one-page memorandum that would call for an end to the fighting and the opening of the crucial Strait of Hormuz but leave many key issues — including Iran’s right to enrich uranium — until later.

Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said Washington was awaiting Iran’s response to a US proposal aimed at ending the conflict.

“We’re expecting a response from them today at some point…I hope it’s a serious offer, I really do,” Rubio told reporters during a visit to Rome on May 8.

The remarks come after two days of renewed violence in the Middle East, with US forces saying they had disabled two more Iranian-flagged tankers in the Gulf of Oman on May 8 as Washington continued enforcing its blockade on vessels entering or leaving Iran.

In addition, the United Arab Emirates said its air defense systems intercepted two ballistic missiles and three drones launched from Iran, leaving three people moderately injured.

In an X post on May 8, the country’s Defense Ministry said that since the start of “blatant Iranian attacks” on the UAE, its forces had intercepted 551 ballistic missiles, 29 cruise missiles and 2,263 drones.

In a potential threat to the current cease-fire, US forces on May 7 said they intercepted and “eliminated inbound threats” and struck unspecified Iranian military sites after Iranian forces launched missiles, drones, and small boats at US Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

“US forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes as US Navy guided-missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman, May 7,” the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said.

Trump later told ABC News that retaliatory strikes against Iran were just a “love tap” and insisted that, despite the action, the cease-fire announced on April 7 was still “in effect” and that negotiations were ongoing.

The semiofficial Fars News Agency reported that parts of Iran’s Bahman Port on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz had been targeted by unknown attackers.

“During an exchange of fire between Iran’s armed forces and the enemy, commercial sections of Bahman Port were targeted,” said Fars, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

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