00:00Security forces in Islamabad set up checkpoints in the Pakistani capital on Sunday ahead of
00:05a possible new round of negotiations between Iran and the U.S.
00:09Rolls of barbed wire and heavy police presence could be seen near the hotel where the first
00:13round of talks on April 11th was held.
00:16In a social media post on Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump said his envoys would be in Islamabad
00:20for fresh talks on Monday.
00:22But in the same message, he said that if Iran did not accept what he called, quote, a fair
00:27and reasonable deal, then the U.S. would attack Iranian bridges and power plants.
00:31No more Mr. Nice Guy, he wrote.
00:34The conflict began when Israel and the U.S. jointly attacked Iran, killing its supreme leader
00:38and thousands of Iranians, according to official death tolls.
00:41A ceasefire reached two weeks ago paused the fighting, and the sides met for a first round
00:45of peace talks.
00:46The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement.
00:49That round produced no agreement.
00:53On Saturday, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, who is the country's chief negotiator, said Tehran
00:58sought what he called step-by-step action.
01:03Quote, they take one step, we take one step.
01:07Mohammed Bakr Kalibov said the two sides remained far apart on nuclear issues and control over
01:11the Strait of Hormuz, the two main sticking points.
01:15Iran has blocked off the Strait to ships since the U.S. and Israel attacked on February 28th.
01:20Before the war, one-fifth of global energy shipments flowed through the waterway.
01:24Now, in its eighth week, the war has created the most severe shock to global energy supplies
01:28in history.
01:29On Friday, Iran announced it would reopen the Strait, but it reversed that decision a day
01:34later after Trump refused to halt a U.S. blockade of Iranian shipping.
01:38At least two ships reported they had been fired upon while approaching the Strait on Saturday,
01:42and since then, shipping data has shown no movement through the waterway.
01:47Trump accused Iran of, quote, total violation of the truce for firing on the ships.
01:52Iran's Tasnim news agency on Sunday said there is currently no decision by Iran to send a
01:57negotiating delegation to Pakistan, quote, as long as there is a naval blockade.
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