Cara Jensen-McKinnon

And they announced that these peace talks will begin.

Trump posts on Truth Social subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the complete, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.

We received a 10 point proposal from Iran and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate.

He then said that the two-week military pause would allow agreements to be finalized and that the military conflict is close to being resolved.

Now, this 10-point plan hasn't been officially confirmed by the U.S., but Iranian state broadcasters have claimed they wanted a complete cessation of the war on Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen.

and a complete and permanent cessation on the war in Iran with no time limit, a reopening of the strait, full payment of compensation for the reconstruction costs to Iran, a commitment to lifting sanctions, and Iran would fully commit to not seeking possession of any nuclear weapons, the immediate ceasefire would take effect on all fronts immediately upon the approval of the above conditions.

Obviously, this is just their first offer and it was always unlikely from the very beginning that this was going to be approved, but at least it was a starting point for negotiations.

However, the negotiations never started because later the same day, Israel launched 100 strikes across Lebanon in 10 minutes, which was one of the largest mass killings in the country since the end of the civil war in 1990.

Now, Israel continues to insist that

that it was targeting Hezbollah in these strikes, but the death toll shows civilians are repeatedly bearing the brunt of their aggression across the country.

Many of the targets were in Beirut and other areas that are well outside of the south, which is the area that the IDF asserts is a Hezbollah stronghold.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the ceasefire between the US and Iran did not include the war with Lebanon.

while J.D.

Vance asserts that the whole thing was a misunderstanding, and he wanted to continue with the ceasefire negotiations, which brings us, I guess, to April 12th, this last weekend.

Senior officials from the US, including J.D.

Vance, and officials from Iran met in Islamabad in Pakistan.

Right.

Yeah, he hasn't been on board publicly at all.

And he's been working very hard behind the scenes to kind of get all of these countries to come to the table.