Today, American officials were set to begin negotiating a long-term deal with Iran, but that's not

happening. Just one day after the 60-day clock from the memorandum began, the first round of

talks was suddenly postponed. That news came as Israel launched deadly new attacks on Lebanon.

Israel was not part of the memorandum negotiations, of course, but peace in Lebanon is a key part of the document.

Potential deal with Tehran.

The president says he wants to put this war in the rear view mirror, and yet this framework remains silent.

Why not allow the world to see whatever this deal is that you signed?

Yeah, so there are some, frankly, diplomatic protocols that I don't fully understand,

the Qataris and the Pakistanis, who have been helpful in mediating this agreement with the Iranians. They've asked us not to release the full text for a little while. It'll come out at the latest on Friday. We're actually trying to push them to get it out today because we want to tell the American people what's in this deal. it's fundamentally a good deal for the American people, but it's it's also very simple.

And I've also seen some some misrepresentations about it.

So in short, what it does is it opens the Strait of Hormuz immediately. This is why you see oil

prices down in the 70s from a high in the 120s is because you're seeing the straight already

open its traffic to the flow of oil and gas.

It also provides a framework whereby if the Iranians give us what we need on stopping the funding

of terrorism, on no longer pursuing a nuclear weapon, then they can get some benefits, be

re-invited into the world economy. And when I say benefits, I'm talking about sanctions relief

on their economy.

What it means exactly and why many of the leaders in Tehran are celebrating while our allies

in the Gulf and Israel certainly are doing just the opposite.

Well, because the actions that J.D. Vance is talking about that they have to take are

pretty good actions

right now from Tehran. It's ending the war, and it's reopening the strait. That's the only

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