About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of US-Iran negotiations and the impact of regional tensions involving Israel and Lebanon.

The brothers welcome Trita Parsi back to the show to discuss the status of US-Iran negotiations, the pressures of the ongoing stalemate on both sides, the prospects of an agreement given Israel's continued disruption in Lebanon and the vagaries of Trump's egotism, whether Iran can coerce a stop to Israeli aggression in Lebanon & Germany's experience of schadenfreude in the UN. Check out Trita's Substack https://tritaparsi.substack.com/ Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Date of recording: June 4, 2026 Follow us on our socials: X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet Music by Hadiiiiii Sign up at Patreon.com/MakdisiStreet to access all the bonus content, including the latest brothers-only conversation.

People in this episode

Host: Makdisi Bros.

Guest: Trita Parsi

Topics covered

• US-Iran negotiations
• Israel aggression
• Lebanon
• Trump's influence
• UN dynamics
• geopolitical tensions

Keywords

• US-Iran negotiations
• Israel
• Lebanon
• Trump
• geopolitics
• Trita Parsi
• UN
• schadenfreude

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UN

Places: Israel, Lebanon, Germany

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