00:03Another day of carnage as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran enters week four.
00:08Here in Tehran, rescue workers search the ruins of an apartment building hit in a strike.
00:13But the war in the Middle East isn't just dragging on.
00:17It's now entered a phase where outsiders cannot say for sure what the two sides are really up to.
00:23U.S. President Donald Trump says he's postponing plans to attack Iran's power sector for five days.
00:30And he says U.S. envoys are in talks with Iran and winning key concessions to U.S. demands.
00:36So they called. I didn't call. They called. They want to make a deal.
00:41And we are very willing to make a deal. It's got to be a good deal.
00:44And there's got to be no more wars, no more nuclear weapons.
00:48But Iran's always said its nuclear program was peaceful.
00:52And it says Trump's suggestion the two sides are talking is fake news.
00:55State media cited the country's parliamentary speaker posting on social media that talks with the U.S. never happened.
01:04In reaction to Trump's false claim, the Speaker of the Parliament emphasized that no negotiations have taken place with the
01:11U.S.
01:19Still, when Trump announced talks with Iran, markets appeared to relax after a volatile period.
01:38In New York, oil prices lowered somewhat and stocks jumped.
01:42Indexes in Europe saw gains, too.
01:45Today, after a pretty brutal month since the inception of the Iranian-Israeli-U.S. war, we're getting a bounce
01:53back.
01:54Why? Clearly it's because of Trump's tweet today that there'd be a five-day moratorium on energy infrastructure strikes.
02:04But Trump's threat to hit Iran's energy sector is postponed, not lifted.
02:09Iran, he says, must lift its virtual blockade over the Strait of Hormuz, this narrow waterway to its south that
02:15supplies a fifth of the world's crude.
02:18Now, Trump's going even further, saying the Strait will next go under what he called joint control, perhaps with himself
02:25in one of the controlling roles.
02:27And if in five days, Iran doesn't meet his demands, he says bombing will continue.
02:33East in China and John Van Trieste for Taiwan+.
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