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Time now for the news with Kent Covington.

The U.S. military boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday.

U.S. forces searched and redirected the vessel after officials suspected it was trying to evade the ongoing blockade of Iranian ports. That blockade is choking Iran's oil exports, but Iranian state media reported that President Trump had offered to freeze oil sanctions in peace talks.

The president, though, told reporters,

I'm not doing any relief until they sign an agreement.

When they sign an agreement, we can get that place built up again

and have something that's really a good country for the people,

but no, we haven't offered anything.

Trump this week said he had postponed military strikes against Iran that had been planned

for this past Monday at the request of Gulf State leaders seeking more time to negotiate.

But he says time is running out for the Iranian regime.

It's right on the borderline, believe me.

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