ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The White House on Wednesday said that a purported peace proposal shared by Iranian state television is "completely fabricated" and that "nobody should believe what Iranian state media is putting out."

Earlier in the day, Iran's state-owned IRIB shared a draft of a prospective memorandum of understanding with the US, coming after US President Donald Trump has indicated that Washington and Tehran are nearing an enduring peace deal.

The document in question asserted that the US would end its naval blockade of Iran as part of the accord, with US Central Command (CENTCOM) announcing that, as of Wednesday, it has redirected 109 commercial vessels seeking to reach its foe in a bid to ramp up economic pressure on Tehran.

"The United States has committed itself to lifting Iran's naval blockade and to cease harassing ships passing to or from the Islamic Republic of Iran," IRIB reported, adding that Washington was also mulling withdrawing its forces deployed near Iran as part of the deal.

The report also insisted that Iran would in turn lift restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, once more allowing for the flow of maritime traffic through the strategic waterway and serving to lower global energy prices.

"This report from Iranian controlled media is not true and the MOU they 'released' is a complete fabrication," the White House's Rapid Response 47 account wrote on X.

"Nobody should believe what Iranian state media is putting out. FACTS MATTER."

The media spat comes as Trump is holding a meeting with his cabinet on Wednesday, with the topic of negotiations with Iran likely to be high on the agenda.

The president on Saturday announced that that an agreement was "largely negotiated" with the Iranian side and awaited finalization, following a series of indirect negotiations through Pakistani mediators.

However, the apparent momentum toward a deal that would secure a more concrete end to the US-Israeli military offensive campaign launched in February stumbled somewhat on the same day, with US forces striking targets in southern Iran "to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces."

"The commission of these aggressive acts, simultaneously with the ongoing diplomatic process mediated by Pakistan, once again revealed the recklessness and lack of commitment of the US ruling body to the Iranian nation, the people of the region, and the international community," Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in response.