Kent argues the Iran ceasefire is brilliant, claiming victory requires destroying the Ayatollah regime, while Lori condemns U.S. intervention and John demands removing Iranian influence from the Strait of Hormuz. Axios reports Supreme Leader Khamenei instructed negotiators toward a deal despite Trump's threats, with momentum emerging 90 minutes before his deadline. The broadcast also previews Schumer's news conference, Levitt's briefing, and Trump's meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, highlighting the complex diplomatic stakes surrounding the potential agreement. [Automatically generated summary]
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Weaponizing People in Iran00:12:17
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Say that when it will start again, the protests, but this has been happening in Iran.
And if you look at the 12 days for war of last year, it took a few months and then things calmed down.
And then again, because of the economic and social grievances of the Iranians and also political, then they took to the streets.
So, but we don't know actually when it will be again.
And in fact, I'm not quite also sure that if the Iranian civilians will believe in what the U.S. government and Donald Trump's administration will say in the future, as we heard, that they said, okay, go to the streets, the continue and help is on its way.
Help didn't show up.
And then the war started, and then suddenly it was about removing and obliterating the entire civilization.
So I'm not sure how the Iranian civilians will look at the U.S. also.
All right, Ram Yal Hassani, great to have you with us on I-24 News today.
It is based in Israel, and we've been showing you to give you a sense of how this story is playing in Israel today, this two-week ceasefire.
We're also going to show you in a little bit press TV.
That is Iranian state-owned television, their English language television.
We're going to give you a little bit of that coming up in a few minutes to give you a sense of how the story is playing in Iran, or at least on state-owned television.
Before we do that, though, we want to keep taking your phone calls on phone lines for Republicans, 202-748-8001.
Democrats, 202-748-8000.
Independents, 202-748-8002.
As you're calling in, I-24, the news anchor there, referenced a U.S. news source and a story on the ceasefire deal, a story from Axios that has come out since that deal was announced.
It is the story on how Iran's supreme leader reached a truth, a truce with President Trump.
This is the reporting from Axios.
They write, officials in the United States and Israel learned of an intriguing development on Monday with President Trump's ultimatum looming.
The Supreme Leader, Mustaba Khomeini, had instructed his negotiators for the first time since the war began to move towards a deal, according to an Israeli official, a regional official, and a third source with knowledge.
As President Trump was publicly threatening total annihilation, there were signs of diplomatic momentum behind the scenes, though even sources close to the president didn't know which outcome to expect right up until the ceasefire was announced.
And that was about 6:30 p.m. Eastern, about 90 minutes before the president's 8 p.m. Eastern deadline.
We are now approaching noon Eastern time this Wednesday morning.
And we're talking about the ceasefire deal and bringing you some of the latest on it, including coming up in about 25 minutes.
We're expecting to hear from the minority leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, his news conference taking place in New York City.
And we're going to bring you there when that happens.
You can watch here on C-SPAN, take it with you on the C-SPAN Now app.
You can watch online if you're at work on your computer, c-span.org, plenty of ways to stay with us and this story for the next several hours.
And we should note, the White House press conference is set to happen today at 1 p.m. Eastern.
We're also going to go there live when that happens.
Caroline Levitt is expected to brief reporters.
We'll see if the president shows up as well.
The president is meeting today at the White House with the NATO Secretary General, Mark Ruda, and that is expected to take place at 3 p.m. Eastern.
It's closed to press as of right now, but we'll see if they make a few statements to the cameras before taking their meeting behind closed doors.
A lot going on today.
We hope you stay with us throughout the day.
And we especially want to hear from you on the phones.
This is Kent in Illinois, Republican.
Kent, thank you for waiting.
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Go ahead.
All right, John.
Good morning.
John, as a former sailor, I did three tours to Vietnam under a feckless president.
I would like to say before I talk to the ceasefire, I think our soldiers today would be very proud to fight under a man who took a bullet in the head for this country and is interested in winning the war.
The emphasis winning the war.
These Iranian, this ceasefire, I think, is a stroke of brilliance.
There's no way that the Iranians can reconnoiter because there's nothing left.
Their military and its equipment has been destroyed.
Now, the idea of a two-week ceasefire, I think, is absolutely brilliant because, well, the idea that people don't understand what's going on amazes me.
Should Trump say things to Ilion Omar and Jayapol, these representatives who do not love our country, or should he keep it quiet?
Should he say things like, I'll destroy their civilization?
This is John out of Germantown, Maryland, Democrat.
John, go ahead.
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Yeah, hi.
Thanks for taking my call.
Well, I think the most important thing is the Abraham Accords.
I think that's going to bring peace to the Middle East.
And it's kind of funny in a way, but it's not funny that right before Saudi Arabia was about to sign on, October 7th happened.
And I think that it's very important that the countries in the Middle East get together in peace and that hostilities end between Israel and the rest of its neighbors.
So I just have been watching this since the start of this whole fiasco that's going on.
And I'm quite appalled that more American people are not standing up and saying, when is this going to end?
If I was to say to my neighbor, I hate you, does that give it grounds for them to shoot me and take my whole family out?
No.
People hate people all the time.
For us to go and stick our nose into what's going on in another country, as long as they are not threatening or causing harm on our soil, is absolutely ridiculous to the max.
We have sided with a country that has committed genocide and war crimes, and we can't even go into that country and kidnap their president, but we can go into a country in Central and South America and kidnap theirs for drugs.
Yes, I really would ask Democrats, Independents, and Republicans to seek out what is the truth.
What stations, you know, are they listening to CBS, NBC, ABC?
Where are they getting their facts from?
And are those facts the truth?
And as far as this ceasefire goes, America will keep its promise, but we don't know exactly how they're going to turn around and Iran, how they're going to turn it around and do something, because they always do.
They're always wanting to continue to win, even though they have seen that we are serious about a truth, about a peace and a ceasefire.
All this started out was on October 7th when Hamas went in and was taking people hostages.
They were putting babies in ovens.
They had heads of Israel people on their bayonets, marching down the street.
They were acting like they were all strung out on drugs and attacking the Israel people.
And anybody who does that needs to be stopped.
And we are fortunate to be able to have what we have to go after them and to stop them.
And each time when Israel went in to get Hamas, they told the people beforehand: get out, hide, you know, do not be out, you know, and get out of the country.