00:00With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance is headed to Pakistan
00:04for high-level talks with Iranian officials as Israel and Hezbollah militants traded fire
00:10and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
00:14Many issues could derail the truce and the negotiations
00:18aimed at making a broader deal to stop the fighting permanently.
00:22Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency close to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard
00:27claimed that the talk set would not happen unless Israel stopped its attacks in Lebanon.
00:33And U.S. President Donald Trump said on his social media platform
00:37that Iran has no leverage except to restrict ship traffic in the Strait,
00:42through which 20% of the world's traded oil once passed.
00:46Kuwait, meanwhile, said it was targeted by seven drone attacks since Thursday
00:50that it blamed on Iran and its militia allies in the region.
00:54Though the Guard denied launching any assault,
00:57it has carried out attacks across the Mideast in the past that it did not claim.
01:02Preparations for the talks between Iran and the U.S. appeared to be moving forward,
01:06with Vance boarding Air Force Two for the long flight to Islamabad.
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