PANews reported on May 1st that, according to CCTV News, Pakistani officials stated that Iran's latest negotiation proposal has been handed over to US officials. The specific details of this new proposal have not yet been released. It is understood that Iran submitted its latest negotiation proposal to the US through Pakistan on April 30th. US officials stated today that the USS Gerald R. Ford, the US Navy's largest aircraft carrier, has left the Middle East. With the departure of the R. Ford, the US Navy's carrier strike groups deployed in the Middle East have been reduced to two: the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS George H.W. Bush.