New reporting this afternoon from the Washington Post saying the US intercepted conversations between senior Iranian officials, saying the recent strikes on their nuclear facilities were less devastating than they expected. It comes as the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said while the strikes had caused some damage, Iran could produce enriched uranium in a matter of months. Joining me now is Jonathan Panekov, former deputy national intelligence officer and Ray Take, former senior adviser on Iran for the St ...

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And how concerned are you about uh the stability of our foreign policy makers to deal with the thing that they've started to unleash in the Middle East uh by going after Iran uh and and sort of carrying the water, if you will, for Benjamin Netanyahu's uh designs against Iran. Well, Michael, I'm very concerned. Um, and obviously I can't get into the details of the briefing, but I agree with all the comments uh that you played from my colleagues.Uh, and it's pretty clear that at this point President Trump is ...

Ceasefire & Diplomacy - US brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Iran after a 12-day conflict, aiming to prevent an "endless war" [2][3] - The administration is hopeful for a comprehensive peace agreement with Iran, citing ongoing conversations and multiple interlocutors [4][5] - Expansion of the Abraham Accords is a key objective, with potential for "big announcements" regarding new countries joining [7] Nuclear Program & Red Lines - Preventing Iran from nuclear enrichment and weaponization remains a firm red line [8] - US intelligence agencies (CIA) and allies (Israel, IEA) contradict claims of minimal damage to Iran's nuclear program from previous strikes [10] - US military action, including bunker buster bombs and Tomahawk missiles, has reportedly eradicated much of Iran's enrichment potential and conversion facilities [11][12] - The focus is shifting towards rebuilding a non-enrichable civil nuclear program for Iran, similar to the UAE model [13] Regional Impact - A comprehensive peace agreement is expected to bring a "renaissance" for the GCC, Iran, and the entire region [6] - Preventing Iranian weaponization is crucial to avoid regional destabilization and nuclear proliferation [9]

I'd like to get your reaction from what we got over the weekend from Donald Trump air strikes over Iran. I would like to get an idea if you have an appraisal of how imminent the threat from the Iranian nuclear program was. Was it was the American action in violation of international law as a matter of a consequence.Well, the international law says, you know, gives you good to reasons where you can use force. One is self-defense and the other one is by the mandate of the Security Council. So those who use fo ...

Britain was not involved in these strikes, just as Britain was not involved in Israel's operations. But Britain has long had concerns about Iran's nuclear program. Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.The United States has now taken action to alleviate that threat. I can confirm to the house that a Royal Air Force A400 has flown in to Tel Aviv and taken 63 British nationals in their dependence to Cyprus from where they will be brought home this evening. Further flights will follow in the coming days, securi ...

So how are European powers responding to the US airstrikes. How much unity is there amongst EU leaders at this point. Yeah. Yeah.So listen, Tom, over the last week we've heard a lot from European leaders and generally speaking, this sort of message has been in the message over the last 24 hours is de-escalate diplomacy has got to be the way forward. This is not going to end through military action. This needs to end basically through diplomacy.You know, we had that sort of message made in very different way ...

Well, as you noted, it's a waiting game. The Israelis aren't waiting, nor the Iranians. The exchange of fire, Israeli air strikes and Iranian missiles continues, arguably.However, the Iranian attacks do appear to be tapering off, according to an interview. In an interview he gave yesterday, the Israeli Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attributed this to Israel's shift, a shift by the Israeli military to targeting launch systems for those missiles. He argued that the launchers are actually more important ...

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