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Diplomacy running 'in the background' as tensions between US, Iran remain high

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Publish Date
Tue, 7 Apr 2026, 10:11am
The wreckage and remains of targeted and crashed aircraft in central Iran. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a US aircraft that had been searching for the crew member of a missing US fighter jet had been destroyed. US President Donald Trump said earlier that the second crew member from the American fighter jet that crashed inside Iran was "SAFE and SOUND" following a search and rescue operation. Photo / Iran's Revolutionary Guard via Sepah News / AFP
The wreckage and remains of targeted and crashed aircraft in central Iran. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a US aircraft that had been searching for the crew member of a missing US fighter jet had been destroyed. US President Donald Trump said earlier that the second crew member from the American fighter jet that crashed inside Iran was "SAFE and SOUND" following a search and rescue operation. Photo / Iran's Revolutionary Guard via Sepah News / AFP

Diplomacy running 'in the background' as tensions between US, Iran remain high

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 7 Apr 2026, 10:11am

Donald Trump says almost nothing is off limits as he threatens to obliterate Iranian civil infrastructure.  

The US President's demanding Tehran reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 1pm tomorrow or the country will be 'living in Hell'. 

Tehran has meanwhile rejected a last-ditch temporary ceasefire proposal, calling instead for a definitive end to the war.  

Feature Story News Correspondent Kate Fisher told Ryan Bridge there does seem to be diplomacy happening in the background, but at the same time, the rhetoric is very aggressive. 

She says it doesn’t sound like the rhetoric or violence is being dialled down, but diplomacy is happening. 

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