Gregg Carlstrom
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319 appearances
4 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 8 Jul
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So how extensive is that damage and what does it mean for Iran?
the stability of the regime in the long term.
I mean, I suppose that is something in a very abstract way that the Americans could point to as an accomplishment.
But the goals that they set out when they went into the war of eradicating Iran's nuclear program, its ability to menace its neighbors, perhaps even trying to change the regime, they haven't achieved any of those things.
I think they're both desperate, honestly.
I mean, I think it's clear that Trump is with Americans paying $4.50 a gallon for petrol, with inflation ticking up, with voters, including many Republican voters, unhappy about all of this.
It's an impossible situation.
political position for him.
But for Iran as well, this blockade of their ports is having an impact.
We are getting closer and closer to the point where Iran is going to have to start shutting down oil production, and that risks long-term damage to its oil facilities.
So they would very much like to have some sort of a ceasefire that lifts that blockade and gets oil exports moving as well.
So there's need on both sides.
But
The Iranian calculus throughout this war has been that they can last longer, not only than Donald Trump, but than the world, because the entire world's economy is being affected by this.
And I am sure Trump is hearing an earful from American allies in Europe and Asia and elsewhere who are really suffering as a result of this energy shock.
Thank you.
The Americans are saying that these were Iranian vessels, small boats that were either attempting to or preparing to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
As you said, they're arguing this was in self-defense and the Americans also saying that the ceasefire is still intact.
So the question now is, will the Iranians retaliate for that in some way?
But we've seen a few of these kinds of violations from both sides throughout the ceasefire over the past nearly two months now, and it has held up nonetheless.
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