Iran mulls latest U.S. proposal as Trump says war is in "final stages"

Live Live Updates: Iran says it's mulling latest U.S. peace proposal, Trump says he'll wait "a couple of days" By Frank Andrews Frank Andrews Journalist Frank Andrews is a CBS News journalist based in London. Read Full Bio Frank Andrews May 21, 2026 / 6:46 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google What to know about the Iran war today:Iran's government is reviewing the latest proposal from the U.S. for a potential deal to end the nearly three-month war that has sent global fuel prices soaring, according to state media in Tehran. One of Pakistan's lead mediators in the ongoing, indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations, Army Chief Asim Munir, is expected in Tehran Thursday to bolster efforts to broker a peace deal, Iranian news outlets say.President Trump says he's willing to wait "a couple of days" for an Iranian response to the latest American offer, adding that his team is "pretty impressed" by Iran's negotiators, but that "we have to get the right answers" to avoid a return to war. New Updates   1m ago Israel begins deporting hundreds of flotilla activists Israel has released hundreds of activists who attempted to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza and are in the process of deporting them, according to a legal organization working with the flotilla.The Israel-based legal advocacy group, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, or Adalah, said Thursday that most of the international activists were in transit to a civilian airport near the southern Israeli city of Eilat for deportation.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he instructed that the activists be deported "as soon as possible," after sharply rebuking Israel's national security minister for a provocative video showing the minister taunting detained flotilla activists who were handcuffed and kneeling.Netanyahu said that although Israel has every right to stop "provocative flotillas of Hamas terrorist supporters," the way National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir dealt with th...