Stuart Livingstone-Wallace

I think the key points of disagreement are pretty much everything.

So that is specifically over the nuclear file, what happens to the enriched, highly enriched uranium that Iran is sitting on.

what happens to control over Hormuz and the blockades, the double blockade that we've witnessed over the last several weeks, what happens to the proxies, the missile program, just about everything.

So as far as we can tell, there's not a lot of common ground here.

They don't seem to be moving towards something that potentially, you know, sets the clock ticking for a more definitive, long-lasting peace agreement and then to the war.

I think the key points of disagreement are pretty much everything.

So that is specifically over the nuclear file, what happens to the enriched, highly enriched uranium that Iran is sitting on, what happens to control over Hormuz and the blockades, the double blockade that we've witnessed over the last several weeks, what happens to the proxies,

the missile program, just about everything.

So as far as we can tell, there's not a lot of common ground here.

They don't seem to be moving towards something that potentially, you know, sets the clock ticking for a more definitive, long-lasting peace agreement and end to the war.

Certainly from the U.S.

side, it's going to be the vice president, along with Wyckoff and Kushner.

From the Iranian delegation, we're not entirely sure yet, although they were supposed to have arrived yesterday.

Again, some vagueness about whether that actually happened.

And it's entirely conceivable that others may join, too.

Clearly, there is huge regional pressure here to get some sort of ceasefire.

I mean, the difficulties that they will have going into this talk are the same difficulties that preceded the war, which is the two sides, and I'm thinking specifically about the U.S.

and Iran, are so far apart in terms of what they want to talk about and largely what might constitute an acceptable position for both of them.

I think both sides are taking it as a positive in the sense that they're still talking.

The time frame seems to be that there will be a two-week pause where they're going to come up with some actual proposals.