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Chapter 1: What diplomatic efforts are being made by the U.S. in relation to Iran?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President Trump has sent Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran's foreign minister in hopes of reviving peace talks. White House press spokesperson Caroline Leavitt says the two will meet with Abbas Argachi on Saturday.
We've certainly seen some progress from the Iranian side in the last couple of days. Again, the president has made the decision to send Stephen Jared to hear the Iranians out. And so we'll see what they have to say this weekend.
Iran, however, says the foreign minister will be holding other meetings in Islamabad, but none with the U.S. Iran, meanwhile, has resumed commercial flights from Tehran's international airport for the first time since the conflict with the U.S. and Israel began two months ago. State-run TV reports that flights departed Saturday to Istanbul, Muscat, and Medina.
The Trump administration is placing economic sanctions on a Chinese oil refinery and almost 40 other shipping firms and vessels involved in transporting Iranian oil. Reporter Sharice Pham has more.
The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday that it sanctioned a major oil refinery in China. because it was helping sustain Iran's oil economy. The department is also targeting dozens of other shipping firms and vessels that it said are part of a clandestine network of tankers working on behalf of Tehran to bypass international sanctions.
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said in a statement that any person or vessel buying and moving Iranian oil, quote, risks exposure to U.S. sanctions. China has previously said it opposes what it calls illegal unilateral sanctions. For NPR News, I'm Charisse Pham in Hong Kong.
The U.S. Justice Department is moving to expand death penalty executions by reinstating lethal injection. It's also offering other options, including by firing squad. MPR's Jacqueline Diaz has more.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is being directed to also consider electrocution and lethal gas as methods of execution. The DOJ announced these and other changes that officials say are meant to strengthen the federal death penalty and to speed the process up. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch has already authorized prosecutors to seek death sentences for nine people.
The Biden administration put a pause on federal executions during his time in office, but Trump ran on a promise to restart the death penalty for federal offenses. The DOJ plans to make other policy and rule changes in the coming months that the agency says will further streamline the process for seeking death sentences. Jacqueline Diaz, NPR News.
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Chapter 2: What economic sanctions has the U.S. imposed on China regarding Iranian oil?
He hurt his right wrist during the Barcelona Open earlier this month. He made his decision following more medical tests on Friday. He also said he would not play in the Italian Open, which he also won last year. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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