About this episode

Brian Becker and Layan Fuleihan discuss Iran's perspective on Trump's threats and the implications of the US-Iran ceasefire.

More war or a peace deal? The two week ceasefire between the United States and Iran runs out Tuesday April 21, and Donald Trump is threatening to destroy every power plant and every bridge in a country of 90 million people. Brian Becker and Layan Fuleihan discuss. This is a preview of a patrons-only episode. Subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/TheSocialistProgram to hear the full episode, get access to all our patrons-only content, and help make this show possible.

People in this episode

Host: Brian Becker

Guest: Layan Fuleihan

Topics covered

• Iran
• US foreign policy
• Trump
• war
• peace deal
• ceasefire

Keywords

• Iran
• Trump
• ceasefire
• war
• peace deal
• foreign policy
• Middle East

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States

Places: Iran, 90 million

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