Nick Miles
speaker
3,281 appearances
60 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 2 Sep
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But Iran used a weapon it hasn't really used before.
which is to block the Strait of Hormuz.
And they discovered that having a chokehold on the world economy is actually an immensely powerful position to be in.
And Trump needs to do something about that.
And this requires concessions.
The Supreme Leader of Iran has said we will not give in to excessive demands in these talks are going to follow.
What is excessive in Tehran's mind?
The key for them is that they retain the right to enrich uranium.
I think it's pretty clear that they will accept what's known as a downblending of their enriched uranium, including the uranium which is enriched to close to weapons grade.
It's essentially diluted.
But the principle of being able to enrich, even if the next series of enrichment is put off by five years or even more, that for them is really important.
And if they can get a really attractive economic package, lots of sanctions relief, total sanctions relief is being promised, actually.
Iranian funds unfrozen, that sort of thing, then that makes it attractive.
But you know what?
There are loads of spoilers.
That's the issue.
And talk us through one of those spoilers, which isn't specific to Iran and the United States.
It refers to Lebanon, which is also part of this memorandum of understanding.
Yes.
When the Americans and the Israelis attacked Iran on the 28th of February, Hezbollah, who are long-term ally and proxy in some ways of Iran, sent six missiles into Israel.
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