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What peace talks are taking place between the U.S. and Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. A U.S. delegation is heading to Islamabad today for another round of peace talks with Iran. An Iranian delegation is also there, but officials say there are no plans for direct talks with the U.S. Alan Ayer is a former U.S. diplomat who worked on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. He tells NPR's Weekend Edition that the two sides are at an impasse.
The U.S. Navy is blockading Iranian ports, and the Iranian economy was horrible before the war. And the U.S. is feeling, the world is feeling significant pain because of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. So both sides are feeling significant pain, but perversely, I don't think either side really has yet gotten to the place where they're eager to negotiate.
So we'll see what happens if, in fact, there is a meeting.
The Pentagon says the U.S. blockade of Iranian ships and ports would continue for as long as it takes to get Tehran to agree to a deal. The government of Argentina says it wants to reopen talks with Britain over the Falkland Islands. A leaked Pentagon memo suggested Washington might review its position on the British overseas territory as punishment for the U.K.
's refusal to join the war on Iran. The BBC's Mimi Swaby has more.
Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, which it calls Las Malvinas, is not new. It has often been used as a rousing call by presidential candidates vying for voters. But the heated, long-standing debate has been reignited by the leaked Pentagon memo.
And apparently emboldened by this, on Friday, Argentina's president, Javier Mele, an ally of Donald Trump, posted on social media in capital letters that the islands were, are and always would be Argentine. His foreign minister said Argentina wanted to restart negotiations with the UK, something London does not want to engage with. It says the territory's sovereignty rests with the UK.
NPR has not independently confirmed details of the leaked memo. The Justice Department says recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are not necessarily shielded from deportation. It's the latest move by the Trump administration to strip away protections for the half-million people who are brought to the United States illegally as children before 2007.
NPR's Jimena Bustillo reports.
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