'Extraordinary And Historic': Trump Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize After Brokering Israel-Iran Ceasefire

Last Updated:June 24, 2025, 23:55 IST

The Nobel Prize website said 338 candidates have been nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize so far

US President Donald Trump shared the news on his social media platform Truth Social on June 24. (Image: Reuters/File)

American President Donald Trump was on Tuesday formally nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Iran as well as preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

According to the Nobel Prize website, 338 candidates have been nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize so far.

A Republican lawmaker, Buddy Carter, R-Ga., wrote a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, calling Donald Trump’s role “extraordinary and historic", as per Fox News.

Fox News reported Carter said Trump had helped end “the armed conflict between Israel and Iran and prevent the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism from obtaining the most lethal weapon on the planet".

“President Trump’s influence was instrumental in forging a swift agreement that many believed to be impossible," Carter wrote. “President Trump also took bold, decisive actions to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and ensure that the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism remains incapable of acquiring a nuclear weapon."

He further said the President’s leadership embodied the ideals of the Nobel Peace Prize – “the pursuit of peace, the prevention of war, and the advancement of international harmony". He praised Trump for showing “both courage and clarity", and said the ceasefire brought a “rare glimpse of hope".

Trump, meanwhile, shared the news on his social media platform Truth Social, posting a screenshot of the Fox News article and the letter submitted to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.

Fox News noted that this is not Trump’s first nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. Earlier this year, another Republican lawmaker, Darrell Issa, R-Calif., nominated him citing the global impact of his 2024 re-election victory.

On Monday (June 23), the US President declared that the “12 Day War" was coming to an end, with a ceasefire scheduled to take effect overnight. The hostilities began when Israel launched a preemptive strike on Iran, citing its advancing nuclear weapons programme, on June 13.

The conflict escalated with both sides exchanging rocket fire, and the US conducting airstrikes on three key Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.

Iran retaliated by firing rockets at a US air base in Qatar – the largest in the Middle East – though the attack was preceded by a warning to both American and Qatari officials. No injuries were reported.

(With agency inputs)

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