India, July 21 -- After ten consecutive nights of US's strikes on Iran and retaliatory attacks by Tehran on American bases across allied countries, a fresh diplomatic effort has reportedly emerged.

Key regional mediators, including Egypt, Pakistan and Qatar, have jointly put forward a ceasefire proposal to both Washington and Tehran, according to several news reports.

Regional mediators have conveyed to Iran a proposal aimed at de-escalating its conflict with the United States, offering a 10-day ceasefire to create space for reviving an interim agreement reached last month, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday.

"We told the US and Iran that we propose a cooling-off period," one of the regional sources told Axios.

The repor...