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What to know
- Vice President JD Vance is heading to Islamabad today to lead a U.S. delegation in peace talks with Iran. Vance told reporters this morning he thinks the talks are “going to be positive.” Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Iranian delegation has started to arrive in the capital city.
- President Donald Trump said the U.S. is readying warships to strike Iran if the negotiations fail. Meanwhile, Iran has said two measures — a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of blocked Iranian assets — must be implemented before the peace talks begin. Trump later told reporters he would not let Iran charge ships a fee to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
- U.S. inflation surged to 3.3% in March due to the war, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report, which showed the largest monthly increase in U.S. gas prices since the data were first published in 1967.
- Since the war began in late February, more than 5,600 people have been killed in the Middle East, with more than 300 deaths in Lebanon in the last three days, according to the United Nations. The Human Rights Activists News Agency has not reported any deaths in Iran since the ceasefire was announced.