Gregg Carlstrom

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Today with David McCullagh · President Trump says ceasefire with Iran is ‘over’ after strikes · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

And then the Iranians fired drones at American bases in both Bahrain and Kuwait.

And again, this is what both sides have been doing for weeks.

I think the Iranians have decided Bahrain and Kuwait

are the soft underbelly of the Gulf.

And so they are the punching bag whenever they want to lash out.

And the targets that the U.S.

struck, it's been bombing similar areas in Iran, not just during the war, but during the ceasefire as well.

that is it's it's more significant i think uh than these back and forth military strikes as you say that was a key element of the deal iran has been under american sanctions for many many years that

sell oil on the black market to China, but it does so at a discount compared to global market prices, and it often has trouble repatriating the proceeds of those sales, bringing that money back to Iran.

So this waiver would have alleviated

for the Iranians.

They were in talks with refiners in India and other countries in Asia about selling oil to new markets and doing so at market prices, which would have been a windfall for them.

So losing that, even if it's temporary, even if this waiver is reinstated at some point, it's going to add to the uncertainty for refiners in these other countries.

They might be cautious now about doing business to Iran.

So there's likely to be a serious impact on Iran's economy from this.

No, there's not.

I mean, as you say, it's supposed to be done within 60 days.

And this is supposed to be a comprehensive deal that imposes restrictions on Iran's nuclear program that includes more far-reaching removal of American sanctions.

It was always a heavy lift to try and

We are, though, almost halfway through that period.

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