U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 1, 2026.

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Iran is "currently reviewing" messages from the U.S. that it received via Pakistani mediators, but it has yet to reach a conclusion or deliver a reply, an Iranian official said Thursday, state media outlets reported .

The comments attributed to Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei came one day after Axios and other outlets reported that the U.S. and Iran were nearing a 14-point memorandum of understanding to end the war and tee up further nuclear talks.

President Donald Trump later said at the White House that the Iranians want to "make a deal very much, and we'll see whether or not they can make a deal that's satisfactory to us."

At an event Wednesday evening to support Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Burt Jones, Trump predicted the war will "be over quickly," CBS News reported .

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