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We know that there is a patchy history as to compliance. This is why we are where we are at the end of the day. A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.
Samantha (1:36)
Today, President Trump says Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the attacks.
Roland Oliphant (1:47)
The Pentagon is weighing a takeover of that island as a way to force the reopening of the street of Hormuz.
Rafael Grossi (1:54)
Iran begged for this ceasefire and we all know it.
Roland Oliphant (1:58)
Does anyone really, really think that someone
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can tell President Trump what to do? Come on.
Roland Oliphant (2:05)
I'm Roland Oliphant and this is Iran. The Latest It's Tuesday 21st April 2026, day 53 of the war and we're on the last day of the two week US Iran ceasefire. On today's episode, we'll be talking to Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency about the Iranian nuclear program that has been such a sticking point in peace talks. But first, some updates. The main news today we have clarity on exactly when the ceasefire ends. Donald Trump told Bloomberg in a telephone interview that the two week ceasefire that was announced on April 17 will expire on Wednesday evening. Washington time. That clears up a little bit of confusion because some reporting suggests that it could could end tonight. So perhaps 24 hours more peace than some of us were banking on. The United States and Iran have both signaled their intention to attend talks in Pakistan. Two regional officials told the Associated Press that the two countries have both said that they will attend the negotiations in Islamabad. We're told that J.D. vance, the U.S. vice President, and Mohammed Bagar Gallabaaf, Iran's speaker of Parliament, will arrive for negotiations early Wednesday. That will raise optimism that a deal can be done at the last minute. But Donald Trump is signaling quite firmly that time is running out. He literally said, we don't have much time left. Asked about extending the ceasefire on cnbc, he said today, well, I don't want to do that. We don't have that much time because by the time both parties get there, as you know, they just got the okay to go forward, which I do think they're going to do anyway. I don't think that ensures they will negotiate. You know, the one thing I'll say is this, Iran can get themselves at a very good footing if they make a deal. Asked whether he would resume bombing, he said, well, I expect to be bombing because I think that's a better attitude to go in with. But we're ready to go. I mean, the military is raring to go. They're absolutely incredible. You know, I built the military my first term. I'm using it now. The military, when I took over from Barack Hussein Obama, they just, it was so depleted, so sad. And I built it in my first term. We've done a lot of rebuilding also in my first year of the second term. But we have a tremendous square brackets military. We're the most powerful military in the world. In other words, the message from Donald Trump is there is a deal to be done. My deadline is running out. I'm prepared to resume bombing. The Iranians also say they're not afraid to restart the war. Iran has warned it has new cards on the battlefield if fighting resumes. Exactly what those cards are, we don't know what we can say about events on the ground. Is that according to. Well, starting with the Straits of Hormuz and the Maritime Realm, dozens of Iranian linked vessels have bypassed the US naval blockade. At least 26 ships carrying oil and gas have sailed in and out of Iranian ports since the blockade went into effect on April 13th. That's according to Lloyds List intelligence, citing maritime data. On Tuesday, the Iranian state media claimed one tanker escorted by Iran's navy had crossed the Arabian Sea and entered Iranian territorial waters overnight. This is despite the US Seizing an Iranian cargo ship that tried to breach the blockade after blowing a hole in its engine room over the weekend. Those are the diplomatic updates as far as military activity is concerned, the ceasefire seems to be holding both between Israel and the United States and Iran, and between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, at least four, for the most part. In the Straits of Hormuz. However, those twin blockades are still underway. Lloyds List reported today that at least 26 Iranian linked vessels have made their way through the blockade since it went into effect on April 13th. That's through the American blockade. On Tuesday, Iranian state media claimed that one tanker escorted by Iran's navy had crossed the Arabian Sea and entered Iranian territorial waters overnight. That's despite the US Seizing an Iranian cargo ship that tried to breach the blockade after blowing a hole in its engine room over the weekend. So that is the state of play as of Tuesday afternoon. The countdown is very much begun to the end of the ceasefire or possibly peace in our time. If a deal does emerge out of Islamabad in the next 24 hours, what would it look like? And why is it almost certainly going to resemble the same nuclear deal that Donald Trump walked away from just a few years ago? Earlier today, I spoke to our senior foreign correspondent, Memphis Barker about this very question. Memphis, welcome to Iran. The latest. Thank you so much for taking the time. You've written a really interesting piece which is on a Telegraph site right now called why Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal Looms Large Over Trump's Negotiations. And this is, of course, a reference to the the jcpoa, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the terrible acronym that diplomats came up with for the original agreement all those years ago that was meant to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions. Use words like loom, it sounds like Banquo's ghost, you know, the seat at the feast. What is this phantom that has come back to haunt Donald Trump as we're
