About this episode

The episode discusses the precarious U.S.-Iran negotiations amidst escalating military actions in the region.

Iran on Tuesday denounced U.S. strikes a day earlier as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations for a framework for a deal to end the war hang in the balance. The U.S. military confirmed that it had struck vessels near the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Monday in what called “self-defense strikes,” while Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it shot down a MQ-9 Reaper drone that entered Iranian airspace. Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati traveled to Doha on Monday evening for continued talks with mediators. A senior Iranian official told Drop Site on Friday that Tehran had put forward a set of terms as a framework for a deal, including the provisional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz—contingent on an end to the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, the release of billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets, and a plan to compensate Iran for damages incurred in the war. The official also stated that the Iranian framework would require an agreement to permanently end the war first, followed by immediate negotiations to reach a deal over the…

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Scahill

Guests: Dr. Foad Izadi, Eyad Amawi

Topics covered

• U.S.-Iran negotiations
• military strikes
• Gaza conflict
• Iranian foreign policy
• Middle East tensions
• diplomatic talks

Keywords

• U.S.-Iran negotiations
• military strikes
• Gaza
• Iran
• diplomacy
• Middle East
• conflict
• Strait of Hormuz

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gaza Relief Committee

Places: Iran, U.S., Doha, Gaza, Lebanon, Strait of Hormuz, Bandar Abbas

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