00:01As negotiations aimed at finalizing a peace deal went on behind closed doors between the U.S. and
00:07Iran in Switzerland, each side issued public threats towards the other as key sticking points
00:12risk derailing efforts to end the war. Just as the talks kicked off, U.S. President Donald Trump
00:19threatened to renew strikes on Iran if it did not stop Hezbollah from, quote, causing trouble in
00:24Lebanon. Iran's chief negotiator Mohamed Bagir Galibov later responded to Trump's threat,
00:31warning the United States to be careful with their statements. Nonetheless, U.S. Vice President
00:36J.D. Vance earlier hailed what he called a historic meeting and expressed hopes of turning a new leaf
00:42with Iran. The negotiations opened against a backdrop of clashes in recent days between the
00:48Israeli army and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in southern Lebanon, despite a recently
00:54agreed ceasefire that Tehran has made a key demand in negotiations with the U.S. The U.S. is hoping
01:00to win concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and push them to commit to keeping open
01:05the Strait of Hormuz.
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