Trita Parsi
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3,028 appearances
17 recordings
5 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 11 Sep
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Um, but but on on the issue of, you know, there's been some progress.
Look, there has been some progress.
There is uh um variations of deals on the table between the two sides, and the two sides that are actually officially negotiating are Ivan and Amman.
And that in and of itself is a partial victory for the Iranians.
The Iranians are insisting.
That there are no international waters in the strait.
There's only Iranian territorial waters and Omani territorial waters.
As a result, whatever the final outcome of the strait is, it has to be determined by the two countries that have territorial waters here.
That's why they have made sure that other GCC states are not at the table officially, nor is the US.
Now, de facto, the US is absolutely at the table because the Omani
Companies are not negotiating for themselves any longer.
They're representing a position that is uh approved by the US.
They're not going to put forward a proposal that the US has not is not okay with this any longer, but it is not a direct negotiation.
The Vice President also keeps on hinting at this positive image that this could lead to something that uh brings out a different relationship between the US and Iran.
And I find it noteworthy that he keeps on mentioning this, even in interviews with Fox News, that probably is not the most receptive audience to that.
Final point: when he says that we're in the middle of it, I think there may be some truth in that.
Remember with the MOU, for about two weeks we kept.
hearing they're close to a deal they're close to a deal nothing happened and then suddenly it happened
Well, I mean, pot that is a positive interpretation of the whole thing.
And if the administration is downplaying the importance of the strait, even though that day is not going to come in two years, it may come in ten years.
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