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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi singh. Vice President J.D. vance is on his way to Pakistan to host this weekend's high stakes peace talks between the US And Iran. Rather, Pakistan is hosting this weekend's peace talks. Before Vance boarded Air Force Two in the Washington, D.C. area today, he warned Iran to negotiate in good faith.
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If they're going to try to play us, then they're going to find that the negotiating team is not that receptive. So we're going to try to have a positive negotiation. The president is getting gave us some pretty clear guidelines and we're going to see.
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Iran says before talks can start it has conditions. Today, the country's parliament speaker, Mohammad Baker Kalibov posted on X that the fighting in Lebanon has to stop and a freeze on Iran's assets needs to be lifted. NPR's Deepaz has more on Iran's demands involving its forces and its allies Hezbollah in Lebanon, where Israeli strikes have been heavy.
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In the message released on Iranian state media, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Moshe Bahomenei addressed Gulf Arab states prom them a gesture of goodwill in exchange for distancing themselves from the arrogant powers who never miss an opportunity to humiliate and exploit you. The presence of US Military bases in countries like Qatar and Bahrain has made them targets for Iran in this war. And Iran's deputy foreign minister, Saeed Khatib Zadeh told Al Jazeera English that Iran will permit some ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, but only in coordination with Iranian forces. Permanent control of the strait is among Iran's key demands in its negotiations with the US Any restriction in the strait will prove highly problematic to oil rich Gulf Arab nations who rely on free access to the passage for their economies. Dee Padraz, NPR News, Vaughn, Turkey.
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The war began with US And Israeli strikes on Iran at the end of February. Since then, thousands of people have died. Majority of the casualties have been in Iran and Lebanon. There are currently more than 60,000 people in immigration detention in the United States. It's the lowest it's been in six months, although the number of detainees in ICE custody remain historically high. Here's NPR's Jasmine Garst.
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Of the 60,000 immigrants who are in ICE detention, 6% have a criminal conviction. Austin Coker is a Syracuse University professor who studies ICE data. According to Coker, the average daily arrests have been going down. In January, for example, during the massive detention campaign in Minnesota, Minneapolis, there were 1280 average daily arrests. As of April, the average is 930. There are more people wearing GPS ankle monitors, too. The number is now over 46,000. That's the largest amount of people in ice history. It's also been one of the deadliest years on record for ICE detention. This fiscal year, 27 people have died while in custody. Jasmine Garsd, NPR News, New York.