00:01It's a chilly day in Tehran, but people are out and making the most of a brief pause in
00:06US and Israeli strikes.
00:08Still, no one can say how long a war that spread across the region will last.
00:12The two sides in this conflict don't even agree on the facts of what's happening.
00:17The US, by some accounts, has sent Iran a 15-point peace plan.
00:21While the specifics are not clear, some reports say Washington is demanding a full reopening
00:26of the Strait of Hormuz that Iran stop enriching uranium and a commitment it would never develop
00:32nuclear weapons.
00:33In any case, US President Donald Trump is confident he has a chance to end this conflict.
00:38And they are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make a deal so badly, but they're afraid
00:43to say it because they figure they'll be killed by their own people.
00:47They're also afraid they'll be killed by us.
00:50Iran's leadership says messages are passing back and forth through intermediaries, but
00:55this is far from what you could call talks.
00:58Iran's foreign minister has hit back hard on the idea of surrendering, something the
01:02US had earlier demanded.
01:06The very fact that an enemy that was seeking our unconditional surrender is now talking about
01:11negotiations, requesting talks, and mobilizing its highest officials to negotiate with the
01:16Islamic Republic means accepting defeat.
01:19But this doesn't mean Iran wants to keep the war going.
01:22It has its own demands, which were presented on state TV.
01:28Iran's national right and continues to be.
01:29One, fully stop aggression and assassination by the enemy.
01:32Two, establishing specific mechanisms to ensure that war is not reimposed.
01:37Three, guaranteed and clear payment of war damages and reparations.
01:41Four, end of war on all fronts and for all resistance groups involved in this war
01:46throughout the region.
01:47Five, exercising sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz is Iran's natural right and continues to be.
01:54This last bit, control over the critical Strait of Hormuz,
01:58is one issue that the world will be watching especially closely.
02:02Around a fifth of the world's oil transits the Strait,
02:05and Iran's effective blockade of the passage has sent prices soaring and stockpiles falling.
02:11But for now, the White House continues to describe the war as on a brief timeline.
02:15Good to see all of you.
02:16Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt even had this to say when asked if the war would end before
02:20Trump's planned trip to China.
02:22Again, as I've said, we've always estimated approximately four to six weeks,
02:27so you could do the math on that, Mario.
02:29But we do look forward, I know the President looks forward to going to China on May 14th and 15th.
02:34But she also threatened the U.S. could hit Iran even harder.
02:38And House Speaker Mike Johnson has warned Iran to consider the buildup of U.S. troops in its neighborhood.
02:43Talks or no, there were a few signs of de-escalation in this nearly month-long war.
02:49Lee Sinchen and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.
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