The Iran Crisis #13: Mouin Rabbani on West Asia-wide and global implications of recent U.S. moves

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Helena Cobban interviews Mouin Rabbani about the implications of recent U.S. decisions on the Iran crisis and regional politics.

In this April 17 conversation, JWE president Helena Cobban and the veteran Palestinian political analyst Mouin Rabbani discussed the implications, for West Asia and the world, of some of Pres. Trump's crucial recent decisions regarding the ongoing crisis over Iran. Rabbani reviewed, in particular, the decision Trump took mid-week to publicly pressure Israel to accede to a ceasefire in Lebanon, which it had previously refused to do. He also explored what that decision, and Israel's speedy comp...

People in this episode

Host: Helena Cobban

Guest: Mouin Rabbani

Topics covered

• Iran crisis
• U.S. foreign policy
• Middle East politics
• Israel-Lebanon relations
• Palestinian analysis

Keywords

• Iran
• U.S. moves
• Mouin Rabbani
• ceasefire
• Israel
• Lebanon
• West Asia
• Trump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JWE

Places: Iran, Lebanon, West Asia, Israel

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