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Thank you, David and thank you to Brookings for having me speak today. Whenever anyone hears the words "Federal Reserve" they immediately think about monetary policy and the ...

Blockading Iranian ports is an act of war and thus a violation of the ceasefire. Striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage is an even greater violation. Iran knows how to neutralize restrictions, how to defend its interests, and how to resist bullying.

IRAN IS SEEING INDICATIONS THAT THE U.S. IS PREPARED TO LIFT THE BLOCKADE, ACCORDING TO AP NEWS. Iran’s UN envoy says his government has ‘received some sign’ the US is ready to stop the blockade Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said Tuesday that as soon as Washington ends the blockade, “I think the next round of the negotiations will take place in Islamabad.” He called the U.S. naval blockade a violation of the ceasefire, and reiterated that lifting it is a condition for new negotiations to take place. The United States has not publicly indicated that it will lift the blockade. The U.S. started the war against Iran, Iravani said, and if they want to return to the negotiating table “and find a political solution, they will find us ready.” “If they want to go to the war, in this case also Iran is ready for that,” he told a small group of reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York. When asked how hopeful he is he a

*TRUMP MULLS CANCELING VANCE'S TRIP TO PAKISTAN, WSJ REPORTS *VANCE COULD STILL LEAVE FOR PAKISTAN AS SOON AS TONIGHT: WSJ