00:25As U.S.-Iran peace talks going to take place
00:29in Pakistan's Islamabad, April 12th, a blunt message is coming from Tehran.
00:35No Lebanon, no talks.
00:37Iran has refused to attend crucial ceasefire negotiations in Islamabad, drawing a hard line
00:44that could stall the entire peace process.
00:47Despite reports suggesting an Iranian delegation was on its way, Tehran has shut that down,
00:53calling those claims false.
00:55No team has landed, no talks have begun.
00:59And the reason is clear.
01:01Iran says it will not engage in negotiations as long as Lebanon is excluded from the ceasefire
01:07framework, a condition that now sits at the center of a growing diplomatic standoff.
01:13Because while a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States is being pushed as a pathway
01:19to de-escalation, there is no agreement on what that ceasefire actually covers.
01:25Iran insists Lebanon must be included, but the United States says it is not.
01:31Vice President J.D. Vance made that position clear.
01:35The Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn't.
01:40We never made that promise.
01:42We never indicated that was going to be the case.
01:44What we said is that the ceasefire would be focused on Iran, and the ceasefire would be focused on
01:48America's allies, both Israel and the Gulf Arab states.
01:51Now, that said, the Israelis, as I understand it, again, I'm supposed to get a fuller report when I get
01:56on the plane,
01:57have actually offered to be, frankly, to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon
02:04because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful.
02:07That's not because that is part of the ceasefire.
02:10The violence hasn't stopped.
02:12In fact, it's escalated.
02:14More than 300 people killed in Lebanon within 24 hours of the ceasefire announcement.
02:19Israeli airstrikes targeting what it calls Hezbollah positions, but hitting densely populated areas,
02:27drawing outrage from humanitarian groups, and reinforcing Iran's position that this is not a ceasefire, but a selective pause.
02:36Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araqji, has now issued a sharp warning to Washington,
02:42accusing the U.S. of allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to derail diplomacy,
02:48and he's linking it to something even more controversial, Netanyahu's upcoming criminal trial,
02:55a statement that adds a new dimension to the conflict, blending war, politics, and legal pressure.
03:01Meanwhile, Netanyahu is unmoved.
03:04He has stated clearly there is no ceasefire in Lebanon, and that Israel will continue to strike Hezbollah with full
03:12force,
03:12even as Washington urges restraint, even as talks are being planned.
03:18So now the situation stands at a deadlock.
03:21Tonight, diplomacy is stalled, the battlefield is active, and the gap between positions is widening.
03:28Because in this conflict, it's no longer just about stopping the war.
03:32It's about defining where it stops.
03:34And right now, no one agrees on that line.
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03:59With David atenção.
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