Rory Stewart

Keir Starmer for reports that Britain had not allowed some of its bases to be used for some of the military options that Trump was trying to get off the ground.

But interestingly, in his State of the Union address the other day, Trump said Iran was about to develop ballistic missiles that could hit the United States, whereas the Defense Intelligence Agency's own assessment

The last one says that's not true.

So I wonder whether he was actually trying to sort of generate the sense that we are about to get hit.

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Rory, what do you know about Channel 12 in Israel?

Well, I don't know anything about Channel 12.

Somebody just sent me a social media post quoting Israel's Channel 12, reporting Israeli officials believe that Khamenei, his advisors and those responsible for the nuclear program have been assassinated.

I have no idea if that is true or not.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Now, anything I'd say about that, I think that's right.

But I think the comparison with Putin is not necessarily accurate.

I think Putin is an absolute dictator.

I think Kameny is the supreme leader, but I read somewhere recently, somebody said it's less a pyramid structure and more a series of pillars that sort of go in different directions.