Abir Abu Omar

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592 appearances 128 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 6 Sep

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Bloomberg News Now · Hostilities Pick Up in Hormuz, New Era at Apple, More · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

President Trump yesterday made remarks calling the Iran War a little war. matched

He also alluded to the fact that the US has more than enough ammunition. matched

He did say that the US has elite weapons, but he did signal that we might see some military escalation in the region. matched

From Iran's side, of course, we have heard from the Foreign Minister Abbas Alakshi saying that Iran is willing to go back to diplomacy. matched

If the US were to stop the pressuring campaign. matched

And we heard from the president in Iran saying that if the US were to go back to the MOU terms, that Iran is willing to go back to diplomacy. matched

We saw the first military strikes in the region for the first time since July, so in over a month really, bringing back those tensions in the region.

Iran retaliating against the initial US strike by hidden countries in the region, namely Jordan and territorial waters in the United Arab Emirates.

Bloomberg News Now · 'Little War' With Iran, Global Bond Selloff, More · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

We saw the first military strikes in the region for the first time since July, so in over a month really, bringing back those tensions in the region.

Iran retaliating against the initial US strike by hidden countries in the region, namely Jordan and territorial waters in the United Arab Emirates.

The situation is still very fragile.

You're talking about a ceasefire deal that is no longer in place.

You're talking about wider negotiations that are no longer happening.

And you're really talking about movement in the Strait of Remuse that has picked up but is nowhere near where it was pre-war levels.

And so the situation is, to use the same word twice, still very fragile and could pick up anytime soon.

And the frictions that you saw in the early hours of this morning certainly do.

provide the case uh for how things could get appended at any moment.

But for the time being, these are not skirmishes that we hadn't seen over the past couple of months or so.

We'd seen Iran retaliating by striking countries in the region like Jordan, like Kuwait, like Bahrain.

That risk has never really left uh the room.

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