At a State Department press briefing on Thursday, Spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about Iran and the nuclear talks.
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00:00All right. Yes, sir. Nick.
00:01Thanks. On Iran, there's new reporting today on a previously undisclosed facility that's being used as part of Iran's nuclear program.
00:10I wanted to get your reaction to that and what impact do you think that might have on the ongoing nuclear talks?
00:17I can say a little bit of something on that.
00:25You won't like it. It won't be a lot. You won't wear down your pencil.
00:30We have seen those reports and have no comment.
00:34So it's I know. And but reiterating, of course, which I think you also have written down somewhere, I'm sure.
00:43Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. And the president has said this repeatedly.
00:48Do you think with hidden sites, though, that that's an indication of how the lack of forthcoming Iran has been on on talks and whether or not this could be a hiccup?
01:00Well, there are very smart people having those conversations.
01:04The world knows what Iran has been doing. And there's a reason why we're now trying to talk with them to change the trajectory of what goes on.
01:10And of course, as the president has said and as the secretary has said about the Russia-Ukraine dynamic, is that we look at actions as opposed to words.
01:19And in this case, the experts and the negotiators, the ambassadors, the special envoys, they all know the environment and the dynamic.
01:29And I'm sure this adds into it for them. Yes, sir.
01:32On Iran, is there any new information about the upcoming meeting between the Iranians and Americans?
01:37And do you know where it's going to be held?
01:39MS. I'm sorry, the 20 –
01:41The fourth round of meetings between Iran and the U.S.?
01:43MS. Oh, the fourth round. I really don't have a comment on that at this point.
01:49What we do know is previously, Ambassador Whitcoff has noted, that it will – something will be happening in the future, that the details are not available.
01:59This is something that we know there's – again, a continual – there's continual work on this.
02:06And he's – we know that – I can't even say that – that he has said again, we don't have any specifics at this point, and I don't have any comment.
02:21All right.