Apr 8, 2026 · 21 min · 12 segments
Iran and the U.S. have agreed to a two week ceasefire and Iran has agreed to open up the Strait of Hormuz. After posting “a whole civilization will die tonight,” Donald Trump gave Iran a deadline to…
Greg CarlstromGuest
Mehrzad BoroujerdiGuest
Matt GallowayHost
During that time, uh, America and Iran are supposed to start negotiating a permanent ceasefire.
Those talks are meant to begin in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, on Friday.
And then as part of this deal, uh, Iran is also meant to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Now, it's not clear if it's going to be fully reopened, if there will be limits.
Iran has said that there will be what it calls technical limitations on traffic through the strait, so we don't know, uh, exactly how many ships are going to be able to transit each day.
And then the most difficult issues in these negotiations, questions around, uh, everything from Iran's nuclear program to the presence of American troops in the region, those issues have been postponed for, uh, these talks that are meant to occur over the next two weeks.
Uh, and in some cases, the Iranians and the Americans have incompatible demands.
So Iran, for example, has put forth a 10-point proposal, uh, to end the war on what it considers favorable terms.
One of those points is it wants American recognition of its right to enrich uranium.
Now, the Americans, in their own 15-point counter proposal, uh, want Iran to give up uranium enrichment entirely, to dismantle, uh, its enrichment facilities.
So the challenge for negotiators is how to bridge those sorts of enormous gaps in a, in a very short span of time, and not just the nuclear issue, not just the question of enrichment.
There's the question of, uh, Iran's stockpile of nearly 400 kilograms of, of near weapons-grade uranium.
There's the question of Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz and whether it will be able to charge fees on vessels transiting the strait, which is something that it started doing during the war, it, it hopes to continue doing.
Uh, there's the question of, uh, American troops at military bases in the region, Iran's demand for reparations for the war.
During that time, uh, America and Iran are supposed to start negotiating a permanent ceasefire.
Those talks are meant to begin in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, on Friday.
And then as part of this deal, uh, Iran is also meant to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Now, it's not clear if it's going to be fully reopened, if there will be limits.
Iran has said that there will be what it calls technical limitations on traffic through the strait, so we don't know, uh, exactly how many ships are going to be able to transit each day.
And then the most difficult issues in these negotiations, questions around, uh, everything from Iran's nuclear program to the presence of American troops in the region, those issues have been postponed for, uh, these talks that are meant to occur over the next two weeks.
Uh, and in some cases, the Iranians and the Americans have incompatible demands.
So Iran, for example, has put forth a 10-point proposal, uh, to end the war on what it considers favorable terms.
One of those points is it wants American recognition of its right to enrich uranium.
Now, the Americans, in their own 15-point counter proposal, uh, want Iran to give up uranium enrichment entirely, to dismantle, uh, its enrichment facilities.
So the challenge for negotiators is how to bridge those sorts of enormous gaps in a, in a very short span of time, and not just the nuclear issue, not just the question of enrichment.
There's the question of, uh, Iran's stockpile of nearly 400 kilograms of, of near weapons-grade uranium.
There's the question of Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz and whether it will be able to charge fees on vessels transiting the strait, which is something that it started doing during the war, it, it hopes to continue doing.
Uh, there's the question of, uh, American troops at military bases in the region, Iran's demand for reparations for the war.
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