Nate Swanson
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 10 Sep
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And I think, you know, what the MOU outlines is these, you know, very aspirational things about all sanctions and, you know, significant Iranian nuclear concessions.
And I don't think those things will happen.
But if there's no further progress at all, I do think that is extremely risky.
And I think it really comes down to two issues.
If there is not progress on these two issues, then I do think it increases the chance of return to conflict.
And those specifically are you have to have some confidence that Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapon.
And so to me that really means you need the IEA back inside Iran.
And then second is you have to have an open and fully functioning Strait of Hormuz.
Ideally, you know, was the day before the war started.
And so those two issues, I think, have to be resolved in some form or another.
But it's not going to be, you know, the grander scope that the MOU outlines.
Oh, absolutely.
They always have no trust in the U.S., but I think the difference now is not only do they have no trust, is I think they actually have a legitimate animosity towards Trump himself, because for exactly the reasons you outlined.
They've been bombed twice in the middle of negotiations.
They withdrew from the JCPOA.
And, you know, the U.S.
and Israel combined to kill, like, the Supreme Leader's immediate family, his father, his son, his wife.
So, you know, I do think there's, like, a deep animosity that exists unique to Trump himself.
And so I think that makes the deal significantly less likely.
Yeah.
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