{"id":318457,"date":"2026-02-16T21:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-conducts-maritime-drill-ahead-of-high-level-talks-with-us\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:00:13","slug":"iran-conducts-maritime-drill-ahead-of-high-level-talks-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-conducts-maritime-drill-ahead-of-high-level-talks-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran conducts maritime drill ahead of high level talks with US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WEc8lrCamYU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Iran conducts maritime drill ahead of high level talks with US\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEc8lrCamYU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s foreign minister is in Geneva for the second round of high-level talks with the United States over its nuclear programme warning that any &quot;submission before threats&quot; would not be on the table. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>And alongside diplomacy, Iranian naval forces have begun live fire drills near the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>We spoke to former US State Department official Jennifer Gavito who&#8217;s served extensively across the Middle East, and was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran under President Biden.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s foreign minister is in Geneva for the second round of high-level talks with the United States over its nuclear programme warning that any &quot;submission before threats&quot; would not be on the table. 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