Key points
- A US lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
- Trump had “extraordinary and historic role” in ending conflict between Israel and Iran: US lawmaker
- There have been 338 candidates nominated for 2025 Nobel Peace Prize so far
ISLAMABAD: A US lawmaker has nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize following he brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran.
Fox News reported that Rep Buddy Carter, R-Ga, wrote to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, calling Trump had an “extraordinary and historic role” in having ended “the armed conflict between Israel and Iran.
Trump declared the “12 Day War” was ending late on Monday afternoon with a ceasefire that was meant to go into effect overnight Tuesday.
It ends just over a week after Israel first launched a strike against Iran, according to Fox News.
Iran-Israel Ceasefire
The two sides subsequently traded rocket fire over the following days, and over the weekend, the US launched its own airstrikes on three of Iran’s key nuclear facilities, Fox News reported. Iran responded by shooting rockets at a US air base in Qatar on Monday.
“President Trump demonstrated both, offering the world a rare glimpse of hope. For these reasons, I respectfully submit this nomination for Donald J. Trump, 47th President of the United States, to be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Carter said.
Gulf news cited Carter as saying, “Trump’s leadership embodied the ideals of the Nobel Peace Prize—“the pursuit of peace, the prevention of war, and the advancement of international harmony”.
It is not the first time Trump has been nominated for the prize, though he has yet to win.
According to the Nobel Prize website, there have been 338 candidates nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize so far.
