Gregg Carlstrom
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319 appearances
4 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 8 Jul
Gregg Carlstrom’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They're really the power brokers now.
The supreme leader is becoming something of a figurehead.
no they're not and i mean it's remarkable that the focus of these talks thus far has been trying to reopen a strait that was open before the war that was only closed uh because of the war and the iranians have been pretty clear that they're not willing to negotiate many of these other issues the the missile program the support for regional proxies they have consistently refused to put that on the table so even if they do
after months of talks managed to get to an agreement, it's going to be narrowly focused on the nuclear file, on trying to restore some of the restrictions on Iran's nuclear program that were in place from the previous nuclear deal, the one that was negotiated in 2015, and then, of course, abandoned by Donald Trump three years later.
That's right.
So there are two routes through the Strait.
the war is closed for the moment because Iran has laid mines in that corridor.
So if you want to go through the Strait, either you sail through the northern passage, which goes through Iranian territorial waters, where you have to coordinate passage with the Revolutionary Guard, or you take the southern passage, which goes through Oman's waters, the Persian Gulf state of Oman.
They control that passage, and it's open to anyone.
That one is free to use.
So these tankers that were attacked on Tuesday, they were using that southern
PASSAGE, THE ONE THAT IRAN DOES NOT CONTROL.
THE REGIME IS TRYING TO MAINTAIN ITS CONTROL OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE STRAIGHT BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT AS A VALUABLE POINT OF LEVERAGE IN THEIR TALKS WITH THE AMERICANS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO RELINQUISH IT, AT LEAST NOT YET.
I doubt it.
I mean, there might be some public performative shows of solidarity because no one wants to upset him.
But what he has been asking for, what other officials have been asking for, is a military contribution from European countries.
They want NATO allies to stand up
some sort of maritime mission that's going to secure the Strait of Hormuz, some European countries have said they might be willing to join, but only after the war is over, only once they know that warships that they send to the region won't come under fire by the Iranians.
And I think so long as we see commercial ships being attacked, that is going to reinforce a belief for other NATO countries that the war isn't actually over and it's not safe or it's not prudent for them to send their military assets to the region.
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