Behnam Ben Taleblu
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 12 Sep
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And then that deal tried to carve out time and political space for a larger agreement.
And now these folks might try to carve out time and political space for a larger agreement.
And I think even if you take a cynical approach by the administration and say, yeah, we'll do whatever it takes just to get to the midterms or just stabilize markets and get media to calm down.
while we build up on the munitions front, well, then you will have to kick the can down the road because mid-August is when this 60 days is up.
And I think August 21st is when the sanctions waiver is up.
So keep your eyes on August.
Just a brief footnote there.
What the president should do in these 60 days is really unleash the intelligence agencies, authorize them to come up with a defection strategy, authorize them to have a playbook for the next time the regime shuts down the Internet, authorize.
them to actually have a way to materially support Iranian protesters if that's something that the administration wants to go down on.
The country is a failed state anyway.
It was sliding towards failed state status even before the protests, even before the war.
So this will be an issue that raises its head for the Trump administration.
Again, deal or no deal, war or no war.
The question is, will we be ready for it?
It's hard to think of any Israeli prime minister that would take a missile barrage from the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism and do nothing in response.
Great to be with you.
Thanks for having me.
Well, it's something of a hot potato dance.
The Trump administration has kind of entered the Middle East, restraining both adversary and ally, calling for a return to ceasefire.
The Islamic Republic, meanwhile, has been looking to use escalation, being against America's partners in the Persian Gulf.
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