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GEOFF: TODAY IRAN AGAIN INSISTED IT WILL KEEP THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ CLOSED UNTIL THE U.S. MEETS A SWEEPING LIST OF DEMANDS. PRESIDENT TRUMP SCOFFED AT THOSE CONDITIONS -- ESPECIALLY PAYING REPARATIONS TO IRAN FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY 5 MONTHS OF U.S.-ISRAELI BOMBARDMENTS. THE IMPASSE OVER THE STRAIT COMES AS WAR APPEARS CLOSER IN YEMEN, BETWEEN A SAUDI BACKED COALITION, AND THE REBEL HOUTHIS. HERE'S NICK SCHIFRIN. NICK: IF THE U.S.

THOUGHT IT WAS CLOSE TO A DEAL THAT WOULD ALLOW SHIPS IN AND OUT OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THIS WEEKEND THAT HOPE APPEARED DASHED. THEY REALLY STATE SWEEPING SET OF DEMANDS TO OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE U.S. MUST LIFT THE NAVAL BLOCKADE, REMOVE TROOPS, REMOVE IRANIAN PRISON ASSETS, PAY REPARATIONS, AND PAY FOR THE STRIKES ON PROXIES. THOSE ARE DEAD ON ARRIVAL ESPECIALLY BEFORE IRAN TAKES ITS OWN STEPS. BUT THEY WERE ECHOED BY THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN.

AS LONG AS OTHER U.S. VIOLATIONS CONTINUE, THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE IN PLACE FOR US TO SAY THAT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ HAS BECOME A SAFE WATERWAY. NICK: THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE AROUND SENT LAST WEEK WHEN REGIONAL AND U.S. OFFICIALS TOLD PBS NEWS HOUR THAT IRAN AND OMAN AGREED SHIPS ENTERING THE STRAIT WOULD SALE NEAR -- IT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL.

CAN THEY MAKE TROUBLE? YES THEY CAN MAKE TROUBLE. NICK: TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIED TO FLIP THE SCRIPT ON IRAN'S DEMAND FOR REPARATIONS.

THEY ASKED FOR MONEY FOR THE DAMAGE WE HAVE DONE. I SAID THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE WILL ASK FOR MONEY FOR THE DAMAGE THEY'VE DONE OVER 50 YEARS. NICK: THE PRESIDENT CITED THE THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED AND WOUNDED BY IRANIAN BOMBS IN IRAQ AS WELL AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF IRANIAN PROTESTERS KILLED BY THE REGIME AND THE 2000 BOMBING OF THE USS COLE ALTHOUGH THAT WAS LED BY AL QAEDA. BUT IRAN'S SECURITY APPARATUS IS RESPONDING TO U.S.

PRESSURE BY CONSOLIDATING POWER, NAMING A 71-YEAR-OLD FORMER REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS COMMANDER AS ITS NEW TOP NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR.

THE ONE TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND RIGHT NOW ARE THE ONES WHO THINK THEY CAN BARGAIN FOR A MUCH BETTER DEAL. NICK: THIS IS STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S DIRECTOR OF IRANIAN STUDIES.

THEY KNOW MR. TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO PROLONG THE WAR. THEY KNOW HE WANTS OUT OF THIS AS BEST HE CAN SO THEY HAVE SOME LEVERAGE AND THEY ARE USING THAT LEVERAGE. NICK: A SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL TOLD PBS NEWS HOUR THE ADMINISTRATION IS PATIENT AND CONSIDERS THIS NOT A SETBACK BUT A STEP IN THE PROCESS. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD AXIOS THIS WEEKEND, WE ARE GLOBE KEYING IT, WE ARE ONLY SEMI-NEGOTIATING WITH THEM. WE ARE JUST WALKING AROUND WITH ITS HUGE INFLATION AND THE FACT THEY HAVE NO MONEY.

IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID. IT IS THE ECONOMY STUPID. IF YOU CAN'T FEED YOUR PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T FEED THE ARMY, IF YOU CANNOT MAKE PAYROLL, AND THE IRANIAN REGIME HAS HAD PROBLEMS, YOU CANNOT FIGHT A WAR. THE LEVERAGE THEY THINK THEY HAVE IS THAT THEY THINK THEY HAVE WON THIS BATTLE WITH THE