Simon Lewis

We have reporting out of the White House that there's really a mood of skepticism towards these talks.

It seems that Trump himself has come to accept that the Strait of Hormuz can't be reopened easily.

There's also doubts about the

level of authority this particular Iranian negotiating team had.

All that being said, the U.S.

side is feeling the pain of raised gas prices and other economic consequences of this war, so there does seem to be an effort to get to an off-ramp.

The Iranians had actually requested that J.D.

Vance be involved in talks.

That seems to be because Iran sees him as one of the most anti-war figures within Trump's inner circle.

And it's been his longstanding political brand to oppose American politics.

entanglements overseas.

But he does represent the president.

He said just before departing today that President Trump had given them pretty clear guidelines to him and the negotiating team.

Trump is really the one who will decide to accept or deny what comes out of these talks.