00:02New reports say Iran is offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but without a nuclear
00:07agreement.
00:08Matt Fan joins us from Dubai with the latest.
00:10Matt.
00:13Lawrence, the United States blockade is entering its third week here in the Persian Gulf.
00:17It's aimed at draining Iran's economy.
00:19Well now Iran is reportedly willing to relinquish its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, but
00:24it's not willing to meet U.S. demands on its nuclear program.
00:27Yes, this is what's happening.
00:29The representative said Iran proposing a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and delays
00:38nuclear talks.
00:40Yes, we do not want to do the nuclear talks right now.
00:43They said they only want to open the Hormuz right now because they have so much blow on
00:49their economy.
00:50Axios first reported that Iran is willing to stop its attacks and tolls on the Strait of
00:55Hormuz, but wants to postpone talks about its nuclear program until a later date.
01:01President Trump tells Fox's Jackie Heinrich that he will not budge on stopping Iran from
01:05getting a nuclear weapon because of what would happen if Iran did.
01:11Listen, listen.
01:12Listen, listen.
01:12...blown up within minutes from the time they got it, so we can't let Iran have a nuclear
01:19weapon.
01:19So this should have been done by previous presidents and we've done a great job and it will come
01:25to an end very soon and we're going to be very victorious, but they cannot have a nuclear
01:30weapon.
01:31This was on the Sunday briefing, President Trump on Iran talks and Trump says Iran talks
01:38will end very, very, very soon.
01:43The White House said a U.S. delegation was headed to meet with Iran and Pakistan on Saturday,
01:48but that fell apart.
01:49The second time in a matter of days, Iran and the U.S. came close but did not meet face
01:54to face.
01:55The President told Fox he cancelled the U.S. delegation that was planned for Saturday because
02:00Iran proposed peace plans that did not meet U.S. requirements.
02:04Yes, U.S. number one priority is nuclear weapon.
02:08They cannot enrich their nuclear weapon.
02:12Since then, the Iranian Foreign Minister Arachi has blamed the U.S. for its approach and quote
02:17excessive demands.
02:19Now, in a sign that Pakistan is officially letting go of the idea that it might be hosting the
02:23second round of peace talks any time soon, Pakistan's foreign minister announced that
02:28What is this?
02:29What is this?
02:30What is this?
02:31What is this holding?
02:31What is this?
02:32Intense safety perimeter that was in place for the anticipated second round of talks has
02:38now been lifted.
02:40Back to you guys in New York.
02:42All right.
02:43Thanks so much, Matt.
02:44This is all we have right now.
02:47We will let you know if any new information come around.
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