Steve Witkoff: “The President has indicated that there have been some…”

“I want to also ask you about your other big focus, which of course is the Middle east and what is going on with Iran. Have you had back channel discussions with the Iranians, either directly or through the Omanis? Well, The President has indicated that there have been some discussions and that's what resulted in the Iranian statement that the killings will stop. Do you believe them? The killings will stop? Well, there's been a lot of killings and it's been horrific and that's terribly unfortunate and. Horrific. That's a good word because it is horrific.” (06:12–06:21)

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