Arab world losing the Mideast, experts say | Eye for Iran 106

About this episode

Experts discuss the shifting power dynamics in the Middle East, focusing on Iran's influence through Lebanon amidst ongoing conflicts.

As Lebanon becomes central to Iran’s conditions for a broader US-Iran deal, this episode of Eye for Iran asks what the war has really changed — and what comes next. Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a veteran US Middle East negotiator, says Iran is using Lebanon to pressure both Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, trying to establish a new equation around Hezbollah. He also argues the future balance of power in the Middle East may increasingly belong to three non-Arab powers: Israel, Turkey and Iran. Elliott Abrams, former US Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela, says Washington still fails to grasp the nature of the Islamic Republic and warns that no deal can solve the deeper problem posed by the regime itself. Mohamed Fahmy, Egyptian-Canadian veteran journalist and Middle East political analyst, recently returned from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. He says the war has left “a scar” across the Arab world. Is the Iran war ending — or is Lebanon becoming the first battle over the Middle East that comes after it? #iran #lebanon #middleeast #podcast #youtube

People in this episode

Guests: Aaron David Miller, Elliott Abrams, Mohamed Fahmy

Topics covered

• Middle East politics
• Iran-US relations
• Lebanon
• Hezbollah
• Arab world
• power dynamics

Keywords

• Iran
• Lebanon
• Middle East
• Hezbollah
• Arab world
• US-Iran deal
• Elliott Abrams
• Aaron David Miller
• Mohamed Fahmy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Places: Lebanon, Iran, United States, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait

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