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Recap: US and Iran meet in New York on UNGA sidelines, Hormuz conditions on the table

Witkoff and Kushner met with Iran mediators, "lots of good thoughts" Iranian state broadcaster: Trump is talking it up, Iranian outlets are framing it as Washington coming to them on Tehran's terms, and the Israeli read is that the substance is still far apart.

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Witkoff and Kushner met with Iran mediators, "lots of good thoughts" Iranian state broadcaster:

Trump is talking it up, Iranian outlets are framing it as Washington coming to them on Tehran's terms, and the Israeli read is that the substance is still far apart.

Meanwhile, the Fars comment is a reminder that the hardline messaging hasn't softened, though that's par for the course when a negotiation is getting underway and neither side...

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Witkoff and Kushner met with Iran mediators, "lots of good thoughts" Iranian state broadcaster: Trump is talking it up, Iranian outlets are framing it as Washington coming to them on Tehran's terms, and the Israeli read is that the substance is still far apart. Iran's state broadcaster is explicitly linked the talks to its conditions for reopening the strait, which tells you Tehran sees the waterway as its main bargaining chip and intends to trade it rather than give it up.

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  • The Al Arabiya line is probably the most balanced take: the deadlock is broken, but this is a process, not a deal.
  • Meanwhile, the Fars comment is a reminder that the hardline messaging hasn't softened, though that's par for the course when a negotiation is getting underway and neither side...

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