Jumana Bersetchi

Overnight, President Trump saying that Iran are not keeping to the terms of the ceasefire, which is an unconditional opening of the strait, free passage for all vessels.

They shouldn't be charging a transit fee, which is what reportedly they are doing.

And so the question here is whether we can come out the other side of these negotiations with that free passage.

unconditional passage for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz and some of the other terms that the U.S.

were insisting on even before the war started.

There is positive momentum in that both Iran and the U.S.

have stated that they are going to be attending this in-person meeting in Islamabad in the next few days.

And the U.S.

have confirmed that the delegation will be led by J.D.

Vance and, of course, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, who were instrumental in those nuclear discussions even before the war kicked off.

J.D.

Vance's arrival is a new voice and potentially means that they're bringing in fresh blood to give these negotiations, at least from the U.S.

angle, a different perspective.

But objectively speaking, though, the two sides are still very far apart in terms of what they're asking for.

He said he was disappointed in NATO, that this was a test for NATO.

They're going to remember that they didn't stand, well, he will remember that NATO didn't stand by the U.S.

But I think he's referring to the fact that several European nations have said that the U.S.

cannot be using some of their air bases, the likes of Italy and Spain.

He seemed to suggest that that is going to be or become

a broader global issue as opposed to an issue or a term that the U.S.