#109 The Ceasefire That Wasn’t · Iran, Leverage, and a Week That Didn’t Add Up

About this episode

This episode discusses the complexities and contradictions surrounding a recently announced ceasefire involving Iran, the U.S., and Israel.

Send Jim a Topic to Explore This week, a war slowed down… a ceasefire was announced… and somehow, nothing fully lined up. The U.S. said one thing. Iran said another. Israel kept moving. And the one metric that actually matters — the Strait of Hormuz — never clearly normalized. So what actually happened? In this Friday Review, we walk it out: What the ceasefire claimed to doWhere it held upWhere it brokeAnd why everyone sounding confident might be the biggest red flagBecause when every side cl...

People in this episode

Host: Jim Detjen

Topics covered

• ceasefire
• Iran
• U.S. foreign policy
• Israel
• Strait of Hormuz
• war
• conflict analysis

Keywords

• ceasefire
• Iran
• U.S.
• Israel
• Strait of Hormuz
• war
• conflict

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iran, U.S., Israel

Places: Strait of Hormuz

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