(Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, the highest profile international award given to an individual or organization deemed to have done the most to "advance fellowship between nations.

P resident Donald Trump and his allies are using the tentative ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran as a reason to argue he should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, an award Trump has been angling to receive for years.

U.S. President Donald Trump has been nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Trump on Monday that he recommended him for the prestigious award, handing the American leader the letter he said he sent the Nobel committee.