Live updates: Iran receives 15-point US ceasefire proposal from Trump administration, Pakistan officials say

Iran received a 15-point proposal from the U.S. to reach a ceasefire in the war, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The AP reported that the Trump administration offered the plan to Iran as the U.S. appears to seek an end to the war even while more troops head to the Middle East.

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This proposed plan was provided to Iran by intermediaries from the government of Pakistan, which has offered to host renewed negotiations between the U.S. and Tehran, a person briefed on the plan’s contours but who was not authorized to speak publicly told the AP on Tuesday.

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More troops to be sent to Middle East

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The U.S. military is reportedly planning to send at least 1,000 more troops to the Middle East.

Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, will be deployed. 

The 82nd Airborne is considered the Army’s emergency response force and can typically be deployed on short notice. 

It’s the latest addition of American troops after U.S. officials last week said thousands of Marines aboard several Navy ships will be heading to the region.

While the Marine units are trained in missions that include supporting U.S. embassies, evacuating civilians and disaster relief, the soldiers of 82nd Airborne are trained to parachute into hostile or contested territory to secure key territory and airfields.