00:00Are you hopeful today, sir? Are you hopeful?
00:02That was on the way to what the U.S. has painted as a last chance to avert war.
00:08Omani Foreign Minister Bardo Abu Saidi released these pictures of his meeting with American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
00:15On Wednesday, he met with the Iranian Foreign Minister, who has sought to keep the indirect negotiations on one topic
00:21only.
00:24The subject is focused on the nuclear issue, and Tehran will push for lifting sanctions and asserting Iran's right to
00:31peaceful use of nuclear energy.
00:34Our country's views and considerations were conveyed in detail to the Omani side.
00:41U.S. President Donald Trump, on the other hand, not only wants to constrain Iran's nuclear program,
00:46but also its ballistic missile capabilities and halt its support for armed groups in the region like Hezbollah and Hamas.
00:54We hope progress can be made, because that's the president's preference, to make progress on the diplomatic front.
00:58But it's also important to remember that Iran refuses, refuses to talk about the ballistic missiles to us or to
01:06anyone, and that's a big problem.
01:08Cranking up the pressure, the U.S. is continuing its military build-up in the Middle East.
01:12Its largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, was heading towards Israel Thursday, accompanied by three warships,
01:21after a brief stopover at a naval base in Crete.
01:24Meanwhile, the USS Abraham Lincoln and other warships are sailing in the Arabian Sea.
01:29And Washington has also deployed fighter jets and other aircraft to bases in the region.
01:34The Trump administration has warned that time is running out, capitalizing on a weakened Iran,
01:41grappling with internal dissent and deepening economic turmoil.
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