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The ceasefire between the US and Iran, facilitated by Pakistan, is hanging by a thread as Trump cautions of swift repercussions if an agreement isn't finalized. Iran remains steadfast in maintaining its nuclear enrichment activities, while the US is unwilling to concede to Iranian influence over the Strait of Hormuz. Skirmishes have persisted since early May as Pakistan works urgently to avert a complete breakdown of the ceasefire and the return of extensive US military actions against Iran.
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00:00The Iran ceasefire is hanging by a thread tonight.
00:03President Trump is warning that time is running out.
00:06Senior administration officials have confirmed the ceasefire agreement,
00:10brokered by Pakistan in April, is now on what Trump himself calls life support.
00:15With intermittent fighting recorded since early May,
00:19threatening to collapse the fragile truce entirely,
00:21at the core of the standoff,
00:23Iran refuses to dismantle its nuclear enrichment capabilities,
00:27and Washington refuses to accept a new mechanism for controlling the Strait of Hormuz
00:32that gives Tehran ongoing leverage.
00:35Secretary of State Marco Rubio made clear this week
00:38that the United States will not accept a world
00:40where Iran can charge the world a toll to pass through the strait.
00:44Iran has responded that its 10-point peace proposal
00:48is the only framework it will accept,
00:50and that it will never bow to American ultimatums.
00:54The gap between the two sides remains enormous.
00:56If talks collapse in the next 48 hours,
00:59military planners say the United States has options ready.
01:02The strait remains closed.
01:04Oil is above $100 a barrel.
01:07And a second round of American strikes
01:09could be closer than the ceasefire headlines suggest.
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01:12But for
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