Sir Richard Dearlove

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The President's Daily Brief · PDB Situation Report | February 28th, 2026: Former MI6 Chief Sounds Alarm On Iran & U.S. Combat Aircraft Move In · 28 Feb 2026 podcast

And there is no...

Compromise, it's ideological, it's religious belief, it's a conviction that does not submit to negotiation and negotiation is about compromise.

We've learned this lesson over and over again with the Iranians, and the JCPOA is a great example of them agreeing a deal which was very complex, but at the same time, regarding that deal, as I've already said, a laissez-passer to do what the hell they wanted across the Middle East and to cause chaos.

So I'm very, very strongly of this view.

I mean, a lot of my maybe foreign office colleagues in the UK do not agree with me, but many of my intelligence service colleagues would agree with me.

An aerial strike on Iran.

Yeah.

I just don't see at the moment, although the report coming from the meeting in Geneva is, oh, it went extremely well.

That's what they would say.

I don't think there's any common ground.

I don't think it's in the DNA of the theocratic regime to compromise with the devil, if you see what I mean.

And that's what we're talking about.

I mean, I think there are elements in the Iranian regime which would like to do a deal.

But ultimately, what it reminds me of is, maybe it's not a great parallel, but it's a significant parallel, is that when Yasser Arafat could have done a deal at Camp David, when he got up to the line, he backed off.

He just couldn't do a deal psychologically.

which is one of the great tragedies of the Middle East.

And I mean, I discussed that many times with your former director, close friend of mine, George Tannert.

And both he and I dealt with Arafat at the time.

And Arafat could have done the deal, but he just couldn't bring himself.

Now, if Arafat couldn't bring himself, then certainly the theocratic leader cannot.

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