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The U.S. and Iran are at a stalemate as neither country is ready to soften terms, scrapping hopes for continued peace talks.

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00:00The US and Iran are at a stalemate as neither country is ready to soften terms,
00:05scrapping hopes for continued peace talks. Hopes to continue negotiations faded when a planned
00:10meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakshi and US officials Steve Witkoff and Jared
00:15Kushner in Pakistan fell through Saturday, April 25, this after US President Donald Trump
00:20canceled this representative's trip. Trump said Iran could telephone if it wants to negotiate an
00:25end to their two-month war. Trump said if they want to talk they can come to us or they
00:30can call us,
00:31you know there is a telephone, we have nice secure lines. Meantime, Tehran urges the US to remove
00:36obstacles to their deal including the US Navy's blockade of Iran's ports. This as Iran continues
00:42to tighten its grip on the Strait of Hormuz. Arakshi is headed to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin.
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