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and Israel have said Lebanon was not included.
Israel is currently bombing Lebanon, where Iran-backed Hezbollah is based.
's primary goals in the negotiations are getting Iran to fully open the Strait of Hormuz and also making sure Iran does not enrich uranium in the future.
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
A big goal is to make sure the Strait of Hormuz is open, but that strait doesn't appear to be fully open right now, even after the ceasefire.
And where things stand there has been really unclear.
Trump this week even floated the idea of the U.S.
and Iran together charging fees for ships to pass through, though he didn't explain any further how that would work.
And that said, though, yesterday on social media, Trump posted that Iran better not be, his words, charging tankers right now to pass through.
The First Lady called for public hearings to allow victims to testify.
It's unclear what prompted this statement.
President Trump has mentioned numerous times in the Epstein files he has denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's crimes.
Trump has called on the country to move on from the Epstein scandal.
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.
President Trump told NBC that, quote, I spoke with Bibi and he's going to low-key it.
I just think we have to be sort of a little more low-key, unquote.
After a ceasefire was announced on Tuesday between the U.S.
and Iran, Israel continued attacking Lebanon where the Iran-backed group Hezbollah is based.
There has been disagreement among the countries involved in the ceasefire as to whether attacks on Lebanon are a part of that agreement.