Steve Witkoff: “Contact [with Iran] led them to make a statement that the…”

“Are you negotiating with them? Well, we're not negotiating with them now, but we've had contact with them and as the President said, that Contact [with Iran] led them to make a statement that the killings would stop and the killing stopped. Well, it's hard to tell. Yeah. I mean there's certainly been plenty of killings, more than necessary, that's for sure. I think Iran is, is a deal that ought to happen.” (06:21–06:35)

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