Alastair Crooke

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The Chris Hedges Report · Why the Iran War Won’t End Soon (w/ Alastair Crooke) | TCHR · 9 Aug 2026 podcast

um that it seems there is really um much not much point to another military escalation because it won't change anything in terms it won't change the posture of Iran or of its uh determination.

um to control Hormuz uh and they are not about to to to open it and even to start negotiations.

they would require from the United States um that they make commitments up front in advance.

And only then would negotiations be even

possible.

But overall, as you said in the introduction, quite rightly, that um Iran just uh doesn't believe it's possible to arrive at a a a a a a a complete settlement with Mr Trump, with the uh administration.

uh i it it it is dismissive of the mo you.

It sees that the United States is just using this pattern of threats and then talk of a deal.

It's all about the markets.

It's all about manipulation of the oil price.

And the Iranians are laughing at this now.

Now they're setting out pieces of paper which show how many fruit futures were sold, you know, just before Monday, and how many, you know, the whole manipulation is being

um detailed by the Iranians.

And so for them the MOU has become much less important because they see that it's really not intended to be a document from which negotiations could uh uh could could could develop, could become, you know, could issue forth.

Because really all it is is about manipulating markets.

because Trump's main concern really now is markets and the oil price and inflation and above all the bond market.

Uh yes.

And uh and I think, you know, w what you described is almost um, you know, a phase of the war that is now behind us.

in the sense that that MOU is now widely regarded.

There are there's a small faction that doesn't see it in this way, but overall the leadership regards the MOU as a a deceit.

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