Mark Champion
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 6 Aug
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The Iranians always had that in their back pocket as a threat to make in case the U.S.
attacked, Israel attacked directly in the kind of war that we've seen today.
But they never knew exactly how well it would work.
For the U.S., it's a difficulty in the sense that it's not what they went to war to solve, because it wasn't a problem before.
They went to war to solve the nuclear issue, the ballistic missile issue, etc.
But for the Iranians, they have this leverage, and they are using it, and they intend to be able to keep it during peacetime.
The question is how.
The outcome.
The outcome of the war in essence is that Iran gained a piece of leverage it did not have before the war.
It proved to be very effective.
The Iranians always had that in their back pocket as a threat to make in case the US attacked, Israel attacked directly in the kind of war that we've seen.
But they never knew exactly how well it would work.
They found out that it works very well.
Well, progress is not war and not returning to war.
And then I think you'll just there'll be a very kind of long, slow stop start process with plenty of interruptions like the ones that we've just seen this weekend.
Bloomberg News Now · Trump: US Will Hit Iran Tonight, PPI Hits a 3 Year High, More · 11 Jun 2026
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This is kind of a long process.
These are kind of the most
serious attacks that we've had during the ceasefire, but there have been an awful lot.
It's clear that the oil markets think that this will just be another episode and we'll be back to this sort of unstable equilibrium, neither peace nor war with no deal, but no kind of return to compliance.
total war.
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