Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman.
This is the second day of a ceasefire that the U.S. Israel, and Iran say they've reached.
It is shaky.
Overnight, President Trump wrote online the U.S. Forces deployed in the Middle East
will stay there until the ceasefire takes hold.
He says U.S. Strikes on Iran will resume if Iran does not comply.
Meanwhile, Israel has been pounding Lebanon, aiming at Hezbollah militants.
The U.S.
And Israel say Lebanon is not part of the truce.
Iran rejects that.
Meanwhile, peace talks are supposed to open this weekend in Pakistan.
NPR's Aya Batrawi reports each side has demands.
The U.S.-Israel and Gulf partners want Iran to stop nuclear enrichment,
pause its ballistic missile production, end support to groups like Hezbollah, and open that strait fully.
Iran, on its part, wants compensation for the war,
sanctions lifted, says its missiles are a red line, and maintains that it has a right to enrichment.
So if these talks take place tomorrow in Pakistan, it says Israel and Iran each say they, quote,
have their finger on the trigger, and with each side,
including President Trump, claiming victory going into these talks.
NPR's Aya Batrawi reporting.