Trump, Netanyahu, and the Iran Endgame

With war clouds gathering once again over the Middle East, Aimen takes us behind the scenes of the indirect negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. He narrates the shifting Iranian position, the will-he-or-won’t-he calculus surrounding Donald Trump, and the vital strategic role played by Israel as the White House formulates a way forward. Is this brinkmanship, miscalculation, or the prelude to full-scale war?

They discuss:

• Iran’s negotiating position over the past 17–18 days
• The domestic factors informing Trump’s thinking
• How the IRGC is united around a rejectionist position
• How Israel may have helped provide the White House with the narrative it needs to get buy-in from U.S. citizens
• What really went on during Netanyahu’s recent visit
• The truth beyond Scott Bessent’s claims about causing a dollar crisis in Iran

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Conflicted is a Message Heard production.

Executive Producers: Jake Warren & Max Warren.

Produced and edited by Thomas Small.

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