00:00Iran says it is not holding talks with the United States,
00:04contradicting President Donald Trump's claim that negotiations would resume today.
00:09Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Bagai says it is instead working with Oman
00:14on a temporary arrangement for safer passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
00:19He, however, said that any agreement with Oman would not be enough to reopen the Strait,
00:25as the situation would remain unchanged while what he called the U.S. aggression continues.
00:32Over the weekend, Trump repeated a pattern that has emerged throughout the past five months,
00:37announcing plans for massive attacks on Iran, only to cancel them at the last minute.
00:44He said the decision to call off the attack was partly influenced by appeals from American allies
00:50in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia.
00:52Trump said the kingdom's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman,
00:57had urged him over the weekend to continue negotiations
01:00rather than proceed with planned strikes on Iran.
01:09Now, we'll just see how it is. We're ready to go any time we want.
01:14Would I rather make a deal? I'm not looking to kill people.
01:18Because people die, a lot of people die, and we don't want that.
01:22So they asked us, Iran specifically, but the other three said we really—I asked them.
01:29I asked Saudi Arabia, the king. I said, the crown prince.
01:33I said, what would you rather do? Would you rather have us do this or not?
01:36They said, we would much prefer a deal as opposed to an attack.
01:42Because you don't know where these attacks lead.
01:43I mean, will they be flooded with people pouring into their country?
01:48A disaster. A lot of bad things can happen.
01:51Yeah.
01:53You
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