America’s “Strategic WEAKNESS” in Iran w/ Ex-State Dept Official Alan Eyre and Iranian Journalist Séamus Malekafzali

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The episode discusses the implications of a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran amidst ongoing violence in Lebanon.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: This week, after Trump threatened to wipe out Iran’s civilization, he backed down and announced that he was instead accepting a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Israel responded to the ceasefire announcement by going on a rampage in Lebanon, killing well over 200 people, attacking civilian targets, including apartment buildings inside Beirut. When Iran claimed that the U.S. is in violation of the ceasefire because of Israel’s continued attacks on Lebanon, Vice President J.D. Vance, touted by corporate media as a “skeptic” of Trump’s war, gave this response: “There’s a lot of bad faith negotiation going on. I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never indicated that was going to be the case. What we said is that the Israelis offered, frankly, to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon. Look, if Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart, that’s ultimately their choice. We think that would be dumb.” It’s just not factually true that Lebanon was never part of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Katie Halper, Aaron Maté

Guests: Alan Eyre, Séamus Malekafzali

Topics covered

• Iran
• U.S. foreign policy
• Middle East conflict
• ceasefire
• political commentary

Keywords

• Iran
• ceasefire
• J.D. Vance
• Israel
• Middle East
• Trump
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iran, Israel, Pakistan

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