Aya Batraoui
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1,547 appearances
186 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
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But now Iran has leverage they didn't have before this war, and that's their control over the Strait of Hormuz.
And this hardened regime does not trust the Trump administration.
Trump withdrew the U.S.
from Iran's nuclear deal with the U.S.
in his first term, and then wars were launched on Iran during the last two rounds of nuclear talks in June and then in February.
And now Iran is demanding what they call confidence-building measures.
What they want is they want the U.S.
to unfreeze their money that is locked in accounts in Qatar.
This year, the Hajj is taking place under the specter of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
Around 30,000 Iranian pilgrims are part of the Hajj this year, a sharp decline from the 90,000 Iranians given Saudi permits last year.
Higher fuel and travel costs because of the Iran war have also made it more expensive to perform the Hajj this year.
Pakistan's religious affairs minister told NPR it costs around...
$4,300 per pilgrim for a roughly three-week-long Hajj package.
Indonesia's state-run news agency says the government there is helping to subsidize the cost a little.
Most pilgrims wait decades to secure a Hajj visa and save up for a lifetime to pray in Mecca and return home with the honorary title of Hajji.
Ayah Petrawi, NPR News, UAE.
The deal being hammered out would be a preliminary agreement and not include technical points on Iran's nuclear program.
Iranian media say the deal under discussion extends the current ceasefire by another 60 days and opens the path for direct talks.
Iran would allow commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway it did not control before the war.
In turn, Iran says it wants the U.S.
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