Aya Batraoui
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1,416 appearances
165 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 9 Sep
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He's a senior politician and a former commander in the Revolutionary Guard.
So Vance has been on a media blitz, pitching this as a good deal.
He says Iran will dilute its highly enriched uranium and never be able to build a nuclear weapon.
And Trump continues to say that once the Strait of Hormuz is open, gas prices in the U.S.
will plummet.
But Iran says it is getting money, a lot, under this deal.
Iranian media say $12 billion in frozen assets will be released in the initial phase of the coming 60-day period and that billions more will come as nuclear talks progress.
But Vance says Iranians won't see any money until they've changed their behavior.
But he hasn't denied that Iranian funds will be unlocked in this deal.
It's important to remember, Leda, that Trump and every country in this region, from Egypt to Pakistan to the Gulf Arab states to Turkey, they all want this war to end except for Israel.
This is hurting their economies.
But Iran insists that any ceasefire agreement has to include Israel's war in Lebanon against the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
And last night, Iran's Revolutionary Guard issued a warning saying that if Israel does not stop those attacks in Lebanon, it should expect a harsh response from Iran.
And Iran also says that the first clause of that deal being signed on Friday says that attacks on Lebanon will be halted.
But that hasn't happened yet.
And look, this is a major wedge issue now between Israel and the U.S.
Trump has admitted to cursing at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in calls.
And you can hear his frustration yesterday in comments he made at the G7 summit in France.
But these wars are popular in Israel, Leila.
And Netanyahu faces elections this year.
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