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After three weeks of war, the Trump Administration has begun initial discussions on the next phase and what peace talks with Iran might look like, with talks involving Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to a U.S. official and a source with knowledge told Axios. There has been no direct contact between the U.S. and Iran in recent days, though Egypt, Qatar and the U.K. have all passed messages between two countries, with Egypt and Qatar informing the U.S. and Israel that there is interest to negotiate from Iran. “Our view is we've stunted Iran's growth,” said one U.S. official who believes the Iranians will come to the table. The official said the U.S. wants Iran to make six commitments: 1. No missile program for five years. 2. Zero uranium enrichment. 3. Decommissioning of the reactors at the Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow nuclear facilities that the U.S. and Israel bombed last year. 4. Strict outside observation protocols around the creation and use of centrifuges and related machinery that could advance a nuclear weapons program. 5. Arms control treaties with regional countries that include a missile cap no higher than 1,000. 6. No financing for proxies such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen or Hamas in Gaza.

Iranian state TV says it targeted Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant tonight in response to this morning’s strike on Natanz nuclear facility. The missile appears to have missed and hit a neighborhood.