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In a train station waiting room near the Iranian border, one woman told us she's hopeful that the U.S.
and Iran can find a compromise to end the war.
She asked NPR not to share her name due to the risk of arrest when she returns to Iran for speaking to foreign media.
Anything that can bring peace back to the people in any way possible, she says.
At the same time, she said she hopes the Iranian government ends its crackdown on internal critics.
Others do not want the war to end.
Another woman, who asked not to be recorded, said she's nervous about the talks.
She said Iranians are willing to receive an entirely burned and flattened Iran, but an Iran that does not have the Islamic Republic ruling it.
For NPR News, I'm Dari Bouskaran.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said one oil tanker was approached by two gunboats belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, which fired on the ship.
In a statement released to Iranian state media, the country's National Security Council said that Iran is, quote, "...determined to exercise supervision and control over traffic through the Strait of Hormuz until the war is definitively ended and lasting peace is achieved in the region."
Regional countries are still pushing for the U.S.
and Iran to extend a shaky ceasefire to make time for renewed peace negotiations.
President Trump said that, quote, very good conversations were going on between the U.S.
and Iran and that they got a little cute.
For NPR News, I'm Dari Bouskaran in Van, Turkey.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation Center said one oil tanker was approached by two gunboats belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, which fired on the ship.
In a statement released to Iranian state media, the country's National Security Council said that Iran is, quote, "...determined to exercise supervision and control over traffic through the Strait of Hormuz until the war is definitively ended and lasting peace is achieved in the region."