Podcast appearances and mentions of Ali Khamenei

On Monday's Mark Levin Show, we bring the best of on Labor Day. A counter push has started against Luddites who want to prevent industrial and technological progress by banning data centers. Yes, there are legitimate concerns and there will be some little inconveniences, but a flat ban would set America back decades while the enemy moves forward. Also, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 majority, told a lower court to back off trying to stop President Trump's new White House ballroom. The majority said the plaintiff didn't have standing to sue. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the minority - if it were up to him, he would destroy separation of powers. How does it affect Congress' powers if the President raises private funds for the White House? Then, imams of a Shia Muslim mosque in Dearborn, Michigan pledged its allegiance to the Islamic regime in Iran, calling the U.S. a nation of "devil-worshipers." Most of these mosques in Dearborn are raising future Islamists. The indoctrination of young kids is a poison that spreads into the wider culture. Why do these radical Islamist imams use the language of class warfare and violence? Ali Khamenei told them to use Marxist language and propaganda in the West. Marxism is attractive to Western liberals. Meanwhile, national conservatism is a form of older paleo conservatism and such isms are not new - like Theodore Roosevelt's progressive nationalism and Huey Long who rebranded fascism as anti-fascism. This echoes Orwell's remark that every government, even communist ones, claims to be a democracy. Words have meanings that politicians often confuse and contort, and conservatives and Republicans should not abandon one of the greatest periods of conservatism and Republicanism in the 80's, just as they should not abandon Trump. Later, certain infrastructure, including Kharg island, must be taken out and the Iranian people armed. Even if the regime's leaders lack money, they remain like World War II Japanese kamikazes: religious zealots who treated the Emperor as God on earth, prayed, fought, and lived for him—the product of nationalism. The Iranian regime will not surrender for its people's good or because its military is defeated, and any document or negotiation it signs is merely an ends-justifies-the-means tactic. The regime must therefore be obliterated and eliminated. The only real way to overthrow it is from within; the President has created the conditions for that, but unless further steps are taken the concern remains that collapse could simply produce another such regime. Afterward, the media portrayed Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi, as a peaceful “boy scout” exercising free speech and advocating for Palestinian rights, but a 100-page investigation documents a previously unseen record of support for terrorists, terrorist organizations, and armed violence. The report unearths statements in which Mahdawi promised to “annihilate the Jews,” praised Hamas, honored dead terrorists, and bragged that Palestinians have the capacity and conviction to resist, kill, and wound; similar violence-tinged postings continued as recently as 2024 while he was on U.S. soil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on the Mark Levin Show, do you use TikTok, Instagram, X, or any social media? What about a computer? Laptop? iPhone? Smart TV? Have you seen a doctor or been to a hospital? Have you driven a car? Taken an airplane? Use email? Congratulations! You use AI! And in order to use AI, you need data centers. Amazing how quickly people fall for lies about data centers. It's the pandemic and fracking all over again. Luddites who don't believe in industrial progress tell people they'll lose their jobs, but data centers will create jobs you've never even heard of. If we want to keep pace with adversaries like China, we'd better ignore the Luddites and pandering politicians and go all in on industrial progress. Meanwhile, a counter-push has started against Luddites who want to prevent industrial and technological progress by banning data centers. Yes there are legitimate concerns and there will be some little inconveniences, but a flat ban would set America back decades while the enemy moves forward. Also, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 majority, told a lower court to back off trying to stop President Trump's new White House ballroom. The majority said the plaintiff didn't have standing to sue. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the minority - if it were up to him, he would destroy separation of powers. How does it affect Congress' powers if the President raises private funds for the White House? Then, imams of a Shia Muslim mosque in Dearborn, Michigan pledged its allegiance to the Islamic regime in Iran, calling the U.S. a nation of "devil-worshipers." Most of these mosques in Dearborn are raising future Islamic terrorists. The indoctrination of young kids is a poison that spreads into the wider culture. Why do these radical Islamist imams use the language of class warfare and violence? Ali Khamenei, told them to use Marxist language and propaganda in the West. Marxism is attractive to Western liberals. Later, arm the Iranian people, the time is now. The Reagan Doctrine worked. Let us not be risk averse in the middle of a war when we seek victory and thousands of Iranian people have been and are being slaughtered. We can't predict everything in a war; if we are not going to arm the Iranian people, then let's ask the Israelis to do so. They are likely less risk averse, and their Mossad certainly has a good handle on who is who there. The Socialists, Marxists, and Islamists condemn America, its founding, and the Constitution. Any Democrat or DSA candidate who has stated they cannot abide the Constitution or seek to fundamentally alter it without amending it must not be seated in the next Congress, a position which is compelled by the Constitution itself. Article 6, Clause 3 requires senators, representatives, and other officers to be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution; they cannot be seated until they take that oath, which is a requirement of serving rather than a ceremonial act. Ryan Reynolds is an irrelevant actor who called the 1980s a “brutal time,” a “fu*king mess” of sociopolitical tension. The 1980's were a spectacular era of economic growth, restored American superpower status, Reagan's defeat of the Soviet Union and eight years of great Americanism. Hatred of the 1980s is really hatred of Reagan and Republicans; those who reject its economics in favor of 1930s-style big-government programs (New Deal through Biden) or who recast activist government as a new national-conservative idea are recycling old liberal-Republican/RINO thinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Tuesday's Mark Levin Show, a counter push has started against Luddites who want to prevent industrial and technological progress by banning data centers. Yes, there are legitimate concerns and there will be some little inconveniences, but a flat ban would set America back decades while the enemy moves forward. Also, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 majority, told a lower court to back off trying to stop President Trump's new White House ballroom. The majority said the plaintiff didn't have standing to sue. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the minority - if it were up to him, he would destroy separation of powers. How does it affect Congress' powers if the President raises private funds for the White House? Then, imams of a Shia Muslim mosque in Dearborn, Michigan pledged its allegiance to the Islamic regime in Iran, calling the U.S. a nation of "devil-worshipers." Most of these mosques in Dearborn are raising future Islamists. The indoctrination of young kids is a poison that spreads into the wider culture. Why do these radical Islamist imams use the language of class warfare and violence? Ali Khamenei told them to use Marxist language and propaganda in the West. Marxism is attractive to Western liberals.  Meanwhile, national conservatism is a form of older paleo conservatism and such isms are not new - like Theodore Roosevelt's progressive nationalism and Huey Long who rebranded fascism as anti-fascism. This echoes Orwell's remark that every government, even communist ones, claims to be a democracy. Words have meanings that politicians often confuse and contort, and conservatives and Republicans should not abandon one of the greatest periods of conservatism and Republicanism in the 80's, just as they should not abandon Trump. Later, certain infrastructure, including Kharg island, must be taken out and the Iranian people armed. Even if the regime's leaders lack money, they remain like World War II Japanese kamikazes: religious zealots who treated the Emperor as God on earth, prayed, fought, and lived for him—the product of nationalism. The Iranian regime will not surrender for its people's good or because its military is defeated, and any document or negotiation it signs is merely an ends-justifies-the-means tactic. The regime must therefore be obliterated and eliminated. The only real way to overthrow it is from within; the President has created the conditions for that, but unless further steps are taken the concern remains that collapse could simply produce another such regime. Finally, Stacy Garrity calls in to discuss her run for Governor in Pennsylvania against Josh Shapiro. Shapiro appears to view himself as a lock for governor, but Garrity argues he has major weaknesses and is more focused on national ambitions than helping Pennsylvania families. Shapiro has never faced a serious opponent or a negative ad in over a decade, so voters still see him as a moderate when he is not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vous aimez notre peau de caste ? Soutenez-nous ! https://www.lenouvelespritpublic.fr/abonnementUne émission de Philippe Meyer, enregistrée en public à l'École alsacienne le 12 avril 2026.Avec cette semaine :Bernard Hourcade, géographe, directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS et ancien directeur de l'l'Institut français de Recherche en Iran.Jean-Louis Bourlanges, essayiste, ancien président de la Commission des Affaires étrangères de l'Assemblée nationale.François Bujon de l'Estang, ambassadeur de France.Béatrice Giblin, directrice de la revue Hérodote et fondatrice de l'Institut Français de Géopolitique.L'IRAN, AVEC BERNARD HOURCADEPour cette émission thématique consacrée à l'Iran nous accueillons Bernard Hourcade, géographe, directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS et ancien directeur de l'l'Institut français de Recherche en Iran de 1978 à 1993. Grand comme trois fois la France, peuplé de 92 millions d'habitants, riche de pétrole et de gaz, l'Iran est soumis depuis 1979 au régime théocratique des mollahs, de plus en plus contesté dans la population. En 2022, avec le mouvement Femme, Vie, Liberté après la mort de Mahsa Amini, causée par des violences lors de son arrestation par la police des mœurs pour « port de vêtements inappropriés ». En 2026, par des manifestations contre la situation économique dans plusieurs villes manifestations réprimées dans le sang.Le 28 février, la guerre lancée par Israël et les Etats-Unis contre l'Iran a tué dès le premier jour le Guide suprême, Ali Khamenei, et un certain nombre de cadres du régime. Désormais, pour la première fois depuis l'avènement de la République islamique en 1979, toutes les nouvelles figures clefs du pouvoir sont issues des Gardiens de la révolution, l'armée d'élite du régime. Tandis que son fils le nouveau guide, Mojtaba Khamenei, nommé le 8 mars, a disparu de l'espace public, alimentant les doutes sur le fait qu'il soit encore en vie ou en état de gouverner, c'est un ancien Gardien de la révolution Mohammad Ghalibaf, le président du Parlement qui s'impose comme une des figures centrales du pouvoir. Mais c'est la nomination, le 24 mars, d'un dur, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr à la tête du Conseil suprême de sécurité nationale qui signale un virage radical. Ces nouvelles figures clefs du régime iranien témoignent-elles d'un glissement d'un régime théocratique à une dictature militaire ? C'est une des questions que nous soumettrons à notre invité.Notre invité qui explique que, mal connue en Occident, la société iranienne est schématiquement composée de trois groupes. Une minorité - environ 10 % à 15 % - qui soutient activement le régime. Une autre minorité, entre 20 % et 30 %, qui s'oppose frontalement au système et qui a déjà courageusement manifesté à plusieurs reprises. Entre les deux, une majorité silencieuse, probablement autour de 50 % à 60 % de la population qui souhaite un changement profond, mais surtout la stabilité et ne veut ni la guerre civile, ni le chaos. Confrontée aux effets de la guerre, la population fait face à une inflation record - selon les données du Centre statistique d'Iran, le taux d'inflation sur douze mois a atteint 50,6 % au 20 mars (date de la fin de l'année iranienne), soit le niveau d'inflation annuelle le plus élevé jamais enregistré à cette échéance depuis quatre-vingt-deux ans. La guerre entraine également des pertes d'emploi et une répression politique renforcée. Plus aucune semaine ne s'écoule sans que plusieurs exécutions aient lieu. Depuis le 28 février, au moins 14 prisonniers accusés de délits politiques ou sécuritaires ont été exécutés.Chaque semaine, Philippe Meyer anime une conversation d'analyse politique, argumentée et courtoise, sur des thèmes nationaux et internationaux liés à l'actualité. Pour en savoir plus : www.lenouvelespritpublic.frHébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Ralph speaks with Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff for Colin Powell, about the fall of the American Empire and self-proclaimed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth. Then we welcome the CEO and co-founder of the Canadian-based organization Corporate Knights, Toby Heap, to break down Trump's unprecedented trade war with our closest ally. Plus, Ralph has some choice words for Hakeem Jeffries and his meeting with Jared Kushner and for Hillary Clinton and her take on the war with Iran.Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired U.S. Army colonel. Over his 31 years of service, Colonel Wilkerson served as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2005, and Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993. Colonel Wilkerson also served as Deputy Director and Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia, and for fifteen years he was the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network, senior advisor to the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and co-founder of the All-Volunteer Force Forum.Two-thirds of the world now thinks that we are an enemy of their state. Two-thirds of the world. And it happens to be the two-third that has the greatest amount of the GDP in the world.Colonel Lawrence WilkersonI've lived for 81 years, almost 82, and I've watched my country go to hell right in front of my face… And the billionaires who want all of this to happen, they do not want a democracy. A democracy is fallible. A democracy can't beat China. A democracy can't beat Russia. A democracy can't even beat Iran. They want a technocracy that is run by them, armed by them, technical revolution by them. They want all of this, and oh by the way they want to live to 150 while they're doing it too.Colonel Lawrence WilkersonEvery freaking hour they create a series of war crimes in Iran. Every freaking hour they perpetrate war crimes in the Persian Gulf. Every freaking hour they perpetrate war crimes in Lebanon with Israel. “What's new?,” I want to say. We are a criminal state. There is no other way to describe it. We are a criminal state. We pay no attention whatsoever to domestic or international law. Only when it benefits the person who is doing the deed do we pay any attention at all.Colonel Lawrence WilkersonToby Heaps is the CEO and co-founder of Corporate Knights, and Editor-in-Chief of Corporate Knights magazine. He spearheaded the first global ranking of the world's 100 most sustainable corporations in 2005, and in 2007 coined the term “clean capitalism.”What we're seeing is a sort of political physics—for every action is an equal and opposite reaction. Canada has in many ways benefited and rallied around our nationhood. We're often not the most boisterous or loudest type of folks. But this continued disrespect for our statehood and the continued attacks and the unreasonableness and the unfair play, our prime minister said something to the effect of: when the United States signs something, it's in pencil. It's really denigrating the United States' reputation globally and in Canadians' minds.Toby HeapsNews 8/28/26* This week, the left-wing insurgency in the Democratic Party scored several new victories. First, NBC reports that in Oklahoma, N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Markwayne Mullin, who Trump selected to lead the Department of Homeland Security following the resignation of Secretary Kristi Noem. Thomas will go up against Republican Congressman Kevin Hern in November. Unfortunately, Thomas stands little chance of winning the state, which has not elected a Democratic Senator since 1990. Thomas is a member of the Chickasaw Nation and identifies as a Democratic Socialist, but is “not yet” a member of DSA.* Next, in California, Democracy Now! reports progressive state lawmaker Aisha Wahab has prevailed in the special election to fill the seat vacated by disgraced former Congressman Eric Swalwell. This piece notes that Wahab “overcame a flood of attack ads from pro-Israel groups,” which sought to bolster her Democratic primary rival, Melissa Hernandez. In an interview, Wahab said that she “appreciates” voters in her district for “seeing through” the “lies that were spread by AIPAC.” Wahab will make history as the first Afghan American in Congress and has called for the United States to engage with the Taliban government and attempt to “[steer] them in the right direction” on human rights.* In Georgia, the Hill reports another progressive – Everton Blair – won the special election to fill the seat of Congressman David Scott, who passed away in April during his 12th term in the seat. Blair, the former chair of the Gwinnett County School Board, defeated Scott's daughter Marcye Scott. However, Blair will only represent this seat until the end of the year. Beginning in January, State Rep. Jasmine Clark, who won the May primary, will fill the seat for the 120th Congress.* Meanwhile, in the Cornhusker State, the Nebraska Examiner reports that the “Legal Marijuana NOW U.S. Senate candidate Mike Marvin announced he can't put more ‘energy' into the Senate race because of health issues and endorsed nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn.” Marvin will remain on the ballot, but is “urging all who supported [him] to now support…Osborn.” This piece notes that this announcement comes on heels of reporting by Flatwater Free Press showing that two staffers from Osborn's 2024 independent Senate campaign joined the Legal Marijuana NOW executive board and sought to dissolve the party from the inside. This, combined with the fact that former Democratic Senate nominee Cindy Burbank paid Mike Marvin's $1,740 candidate filing fee and dropped out of the race one day after the secretary of state verified Osborn's signatures to be on the fall ballot has fueled speculation that these were coordinated efforts to clear the field for Osborn. Marvin for his part disputes this and says he never planned to leave the race. Osborn is quoted saying “We hope to earn the support of the LMN voters and hope that we can represent their concerns well in the US Senate.”* In more third party news, Trump has launched new broadsides against the emerging ex-MAGA clique – consisting of Tucker Carlson, Congressman Thomas Massie, and former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. According to the Hill, Trump attacked the group, said to be exploring the possibility of founding a new right-wing party, calling Carlson “a loser,” Greene “a highly neurotic woman” and Massie a “real JERK” on Truth Social. The president added, “What a team this would be, THREE LOSERS, and a pocketful of change!...The only chance they have is to join the Radical Left Dumocrats, and try breaking into the Primary System. To all of them I say, PRAISE BE TO ALLAH!” The proximate cause of this latest flare-up between the camps is Trump's decision to allow in 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported in the next 90 days, a move Massie called “worse than socialism.” Greene, who has been perhaps the most vocal defector from the MAGA camp, said “He attacks us with such vitriol because we actually are everything he claimed to be…he has proven as President that he is nothing more than a neocon puppet for Israel, corporations, big donors with special interests, and his dear friends in the Epstein class…We never changed, Trump did.”* Another story from this side of the aisle comes to us from NOTUS, which reports that an “unknown actor” has stolen over $16,000 from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). This incident, alternatively characterized as a “theft” from a “foreign country” or simply a “fraud,” occurred in early July, when the NRCC “attempted to pay a bill from Ranger Wi-Fi Consulting, a Texas-based firm that specializes in helping clients ‘optimize their wireless networks while ensuring healthy security measures are in place.'” Seeking to assuage the fears of donors, NRCC spokesman Will Kiley told the press that “Protecting donor funds is a top priority for the NRCC,” and vowed that the committee is “working to recover the funds, and…taken steps to ensure it can't happen again.” Listeners might remember that in July, the DNC admitted that they had fallen prey to a scammer, losing almost $30,000 in the process. It would seem that these committees do not have functional safeguards against such schemes.* Our final stories this week all deal with the Middle East. First up, Axios reports that while AIPAC was gearing up for a major ad blitz in Michigan against Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and on behalf of Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, those plans have apparently been iced at the behest of the Rogers campaign. According to this story, Rogers believes that AIPAC spending in the Democratic primary – over $30 million on behalf of El-Syed's rival Haley Stevens – actually helped boost El-Sayed's candidacy, making his opposition to AIPAC a “centerpiece of his…campaign, using the group's spending against him to portray Democratic opponent Haley Stevens as beholden to the pro-Israel lobby.” Rogers fears the same fate, so he has sought to keep his distance from AIPAC while his allies are urging AIPAC to “get involved without putting the group's name front and center.” However, Rogers' attempts to put some daylight between his campaign and AIPAC has resulted in the latter turning cold towards the Republican candidate. Republicans now worry that AIPAC will “sit out the general election entirely.” As for the perception of AIPAC in Michigan, a recent poll found that “55% of Michigan voters oppose continued U.S. aid to Israel.”* On the other end of the Michigan political spectrum, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding that he “ensure the immediateand permanent release of U.S. citizen Sama Safi, a 20-year-old university student with a severe complex chronic health condition, who the Israeli military has arbitrarily and wrongfully detained since June 2nd.” This letter goes on to describe how “armed Israeli soldiers raided her family's home in the occupied West Bank in the middle of the night and tore her from her family,” and that since then, she has “suffered under appalling conditions in Israeli military detention including “frequent physical assault, shackling, and the throwing of gas and stun grenades into already overcrowded and poorly ventilated cells,” among other horrors. 40 more members of Congress signed this letter, including six senators, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey and Chris Van Hollen among them. 85 civic groups also signed onto this demand, ranging from faith-based groups to human rights organizations and beyond.* In the region itself, a broad coalition of Muslim states – including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and, perhaps most notably, the United Arab Emirates – have issued a categorical condemnation of Israel's new “E1” settlement plan. This plan relates to new settlement activities east of occupied East Jerusalem and the signatories decry the plan as constituting “a dangerous escalation that further advances settlement expansion and annexation and undermines the geographical contiguity of the Occupied Palestinian Territory…thereby threatening the viability and realization of an independent, contiguous Palestinian State based on the 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital.” The UAE was the most significant state in the region to sign onto the Trump-brokered Abraham Accords in 2020, which sought to normalize relations between Israel and its neighbors at the expense of the Palestinians. Saudi Arabia was said to be on the verge of signing the accords prior to October 7th and Israel's subsequent genocidal military campaign in Gaza. The UAE taking a new stand against Israel on behalf of the Palestinian cause is widely seen as the final death knell of the Abraham Accords and the beginning of a new era of relations in the Middle East.* Finally, the Economist reports that a group of seven top officials within the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is consolidating power in Iran. The man rumored to be leading this junta is Mohsen Rezaei, the new national-security adviser, former presidential candidate and the longest-serving chief of the IRGC, having led the corps though the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s. Others include the head of the navy, currently overseeing Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the IRGC's commander-in-chief and founder of the Quds Force. Notably absent from this group is Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. This piece judiciously avoids making any definite predictions about whether this new clique will rule as hardliners or pragmatists, but emphasizes that the late Ali Khamenei expertly “balanced the competing interests of his realm” while these military men favor action.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

VOV1 - Thời hạn 60 ngày được Mỹ và Iran đặt ra để tiến tới một thỏa thuận chấm dứt chiến tranh đã kết thúc hôm nay (17/8), nhưng chưa có dấu hiệu cho thấy hai bên sẵn sàng gia hạn hoặc đạt được một thỏa thuận mới.Bản ghi nhớ từng mở ra kỳ vọng hạ nhiệt xung đột đã suy yếu, trong khi Mỹ và Iran tiếp tục sử dụng các đòn bẩy kinh tế, quân sự và năng lượng để gia tăng sức ép và lợi thế trên bàn đàm phán. Dưới sự trung gian của Pakistan, ngày 17/6, Mỹ và Iran đạt nhất trí về bản ghi nhớ gồm 14 điểm, hướng tới chấm dứt các hành động thù địch, mở lại eo biển Hormuz, nới lỏng một số hạn chế tài chính đối với Iran và tạo nền tảng cho đàm phán về chương trình hạt nhân. Tuy nhiên, tranh cãi liên quan đến hoạt động và quyền kiểm soát eo biển Hormuz nhanh chóng làm suy yếu khuôn khổ này. Ngày 8/7, Tổng thống Donald Trump tuyên bố bản ghi nhớ đã “kết thúc”.Kể từ đó, Washington chuyển trọng tâm từ tìm kiếm một thỏa thuận chính trị sang gia tăng sức ép kinh tế. Bộ trưởng Tài chính Scott Bessent cảnh báo Mỹ sẽ áp dụng các biện pháp kinh tế “chưa từng thấy” với Iran. Trong khi đó, Phó Tổng thống JD Vance nêu hai ưu tiên của Mỹ:  “Mục tiêu số một là giữ giá dầu và khí đốt ở mức thấp cho người dân Mỹ trên cả nước. Mục tiêu số hai, tất nhiên, là bảo đảm Iran không bao giờ có được vũ khí hạt nhân. Tôi tin rằng chúng ta đang đạt được cả hai mục tiêu này. Tuy nhiên, đây vẫn là một vấn đề khó lường, bởi chính Iran cũng khó đoán, và đôi khi họ không thực hiện những cam kết đã đưa ra với chúng ta.”Việc giá năng lượng được đặt lên hàng đầu cho thấy tính toán của Washington đang có sự thay đổi. Các mục tiêu ban đầu của chính quyền Tổng thống Donald Trump từng rộng hơn nhiều, bao gồm yêu cầu Iran đầu hàng hoàn toàn, thay đổi chế độ và chấm dứt mạng lưới lực lượng ủy nhiệm tại Trung Đông. Sau hai tháng, những mục tiêu này không còn được nhấn mạnh như trước, cho thấy Mỹ có thể đang điều chỉnh ưu tiên theo hướng thực tế hơn.Iran cũng chuẩn bị cho khả năng sức ép kéo dài. Chính phủ nước này yêu cầu tăng cường giám sát thị trường, xử lý nghiêm các hành vi bán hàng quá giá, thiếu trọng lượng và tích trữ hàng hóa. Trong phát biểu mới nhất hôm qua, Tổng thống Masoud Pezeshkian tiếp tục khẳng định Iran theo đuổi bản ghi nhớ một cách “trang trọng” và “mạnh mẽ”, phù hợp với những nguyên tắc do cố Lãnh đạo tối cao Ali Khamenei đề ra, trong khi Chủ tịch Quốc hội Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf  nhấn mạnh:  “Mỹ và Israel đã tấn công Iran với những mục tiêu rất rõ ràng, cụ thể gồm 9 mục tiêu chính thức mà họ liên tục công khai tuyên bố. Tuy nhiên, họ đã không đạt được bất kỳ mục tiêu nào trong số đó, ở bất kỳ cấp độ nào. Ở một khía cạnh khác, xét về việc củng cố những kết quả đạt được trên phương diện ngoại giao và chính trị, bản ghi nhớ (MOU) chính là một văn kiện mang tính biểu tượng cho thắng lợi này.”Thời hạn 60 ngày đã hết, nhưng Mỹ và Iran vẫn chưa tìm được điểm dừng. Trong khi Mỹ thu hẹp mục tiêu chiến tranh và chuyển mạnh sang gây sức ép kinh tế, Iran cũng chuẩn bị cho khả năng một cuộc chiến lâu dài. Việc Mỹ điều tàu sân bay từ Thái Bình Dương sang Trung Đông cho thấy cuộc chiến đang kéo theo những chi phí chiến lược lớn hơn dự kiến, trong khi eo biển Hormuz vẫn là điểm nóng căng thẳng.Mỹ và Iran lâu nay đưa ra các tuyên bố khác nhau về tình trạng eo biển Hormuz. Iran khẳng định eo biển Hormuz vẫn nằm dưới sự quản lý của nước này, đồng thời bác tuyên bố của Mỹ về việc đã mở lại và duy trì quyền kiểm soát tuyến hàng hải chiến lược. Hiện tại, Iran và Oman đang đàm phán về việc xác lập tuyến hàng hải mới qua eo biển này nhưng tiến trình đàm phán chưa hoàn tất.  Dữ liệu hàng hải cho thấy, lưu lượng tàu qua eo biển Hormuz vẫn thấp. Nhiều tàu tránh sử dụng thiết bị theo dõi, trong khi hoạt động chuyển dầu giữa các tàu khiến việc xác định chính xác lượng dầu thực tế đến thị trường toàn cầu trở nên khó khăn. /. Thu Hoài/VOV1Tổng thống Mỹ Donald Trump (bên trái) và Tổng thống Iran Masoud Pezeshkian. Ảnh: IRNA/TTXVN

The Wall Street Journal reports that Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father Ali Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader after the U.S.-Israeli air campaign earlier this year, is consolidating power and signaling a tougher stance toward the Trump administration through a major overhaul of Iran’s security leadership. The Guardian reports that President Donald Trump secretly traveled on a different military aircraft after a NATO summit in Turkey in July 2026, while the public, reporters, and some White House staff were led to believe he was aboard Air Force One. The operation was reportedly prompted by a credible Iranian assassination threat. Wisconsin State Rep. Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) member and candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, is facing renewed scrutiny over past social media posts that critics argue were sharply critical of the United States and traditional American institutions. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father Ali Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader after the U.S.-Israeli air campaign earlier this year, is consolidating power and signaling a tougher stance toward the Trump administration through a major overhaul of Iran’s security leadership. The Guardian reports that President Donald Trump secretly traveled on a different military aircraft after a NATO summit in Turkey in July 2026, while the public, reporters, and some White House staff were led to believe he was aboard Air Force One. The operation was reportedly prompted by a credible Iranian assassination threat. Wisconsin State Rep. Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) member and candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, is facing renewed scrutiny over past social media posts that critics argue were sharply critical of the United States and traditional American institutions. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Từ ngày 3 đến ngày 9/7, Iran tổ chức quốc tang kéo dài một tuần dành cho cố Lãnh tụ Tối cao Ali Khamenei.... Sự kiện thu hút sự quan tâm đặc biệt của dư luận quốc tế và cũng đặt ra một câu hỏi đáng suy ngẫm: Làm thế nào để gạt bỏ lăng kính thiên lệch mà truyền thông phương Tây đã áp đặt suốt nhiều năm qua, nhằm nhìn nhận Iran một cách khách quan và lý tính hơn?Xem thêm.

Stanford's Allen Weiner examines how the U.S. war with Iran raises questions about the president's power to wage war and negotiate peace. --- The American war with Iran began with ambitious goals, including preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and potentially bringing about regime change. But the conflict may well be leading to a very different outcome, according to Stanford Law School's Allen Weiner, a scholar of international and human rights law and former State Department lawyer. Just prior to the recent collapse of the tenuous cease fire, Weiner joined podcast host Professor Pam Karlan to discuss how the conflict is arguably strengthening Iran's most repressive factions while putting economic and diplomatic pressure on the United States. Weiner traces how the conflict grew out of the collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal, asks whether the new agreement with Iran amounts to a weaker version of that accord, and considers how ceasefires and shifting legal rationales have allowed the administration to sidestep Congress and keep the War Powers clock from running out.  Allen Weiner  >>> Stanford Law School Page Connect: Episode Transcripts >>> Stanford Legal Podcast Website Stanford Legal Podcast >>> LinkedIn Page Rich Ford >>> Twitter/X Pam Karlan >>> Stanford Law School Page Stanford Law School >>> Twitter/X Stanford Lawyer Magazine >>> Twitter/X Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction  00:02:09 Back to the JCPOA—The 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal  00:04:23 From "worst deal ever" to a weaker one  00:04:51 Two rounds of strikes  00:07:11 Regime change that wasn't  00:08:40 The Strait of Hormuz and the global economy  00:09:49 Emboldened by Venezuela  00:11:33 Israel in, NATO out  00:12:27 The new MOU  00:14:31 Israel left off the page  00:17:38 Free transit, for now  00:19:06 Treaty or political commitment?  00:21:36 The War Powers loophole  00:24:26 Can Congress actually enforce the War Powers Act?  00:28:12 Conclusion  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

C dans l'air du 16 juillet 2026 - Ormuz : Trump hausse le ton La tension continue de monter entre Washington et Téhéran. Donald Trump a menacé de frapper des infrastructures stratégiques iraniennes, notamment des centrales électriques et des ponts, si l'Iran refuse de céder. Selon le Wall Street Journal, l'administration américaine étudierait aussi plusieurs options militaires, dont un engagement plus direct des forces américaines. Les déclarations du président américain marquent un durcissement du ton après plusieurs jours d'escalade. Au Yémen, de nouvelles frappes ont visé les environs de l'aéroport de Sanaa. Le gouvernement yéménite, appuyé par l'Arabie saoudite, a dit avoir voulu empêcher l'atterrissage d'un avion iranien transportant une délégation houthie partie à Téhéran pour présenter ses condoléances lors des funérailles du guide suprême défunt Ali Khamenei. L'Arabie saoudite est de nouveau évoquée parmi les acteurs impliqués dans ces opérations, dans un contexte de reprise des hostilités contre les Houthis. Cette montée des tensions ravive les inquiétudes autour des grandes routes maritimes. Le détroit d'Ormuz, par lequel transite près de 20 % du pétrole mondial, reste sous surveillance. Certaines compagnies cherchent à privilégier l'itinéraire passant par Bab el-Mandeb, malgré les risques liés aux attaques des Houthis en mer Rouge. Aux États-Unis, Donald Trump doit s'exprimer ce jeudi soir dans un contexte politique tendu. Il pourrait dénoncer de nouvelles tentatives d'ingérence et défendre son action sur l'immigration. Les opérations de l'ICE continuent de faire parler, alors qu'un Colombien de 26 ans a été tué par les agents de la police de l'immigration américaine, dans le Maine, ce lundi 13 juillet. Le président américain a également promis une "annonce très forte" lors de cette allocution. Donald Trump prépare-t-il une nouvelle escalade militaire contre l'Iran ? Le détroit de Bab el-Mandeb peut-il constituer une véritable alternative pour les navires commerciaux ? Pour quelles raisons le président américain prend-il la parole ce soir ? Nos experts :- Guillaume LAGANE - Spécialiste des questions de Défense, enseignant à Sciences Po - Mariam PIRZADEH - Rédactrice en chef et ancienne correspondante à Téhéran pour France 24 - Lucas MENGET - Grand reporter, spécialiste des relations internationales - Patricia ALLÉMONIÈRE - Grand reporter et auteure de “Géopolitique du Sahel”PRESENTATION : Caroline Roux - Aurélie Casse - REDIFFUSION : du lundi au vendredi vers 23h40.PRODUCTION DES PODCASTS: Jean-Christophe ThiéfineRÉALISATION : Nicolas Ferraro, Bruno Piney, Franck Broqua, Alexandre Langeard, Corentin Son, Benoît LemoinePRODUCTION : France Télévisions / Maximal ProductionsRetrouvez C DANS L'AIR sur internet & les réseaux :INTERNET : francetv.frFACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/Cdanslairf5TWITTER : https://twitter.com/cdanslairINSTAGRAM :https://www.instagram.com/cdanslair/

In this episode of The Messianic Torah Observer, we examine Ezekiel 38 in light of the death of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and the renewed speculation surrounding Persia's prophetic role. We identify the nations in Gog's coalition, consider the Russia-centered and historical-geographic interpretive views, and return to the central purpose of the prophecy: that the nations may know that He is YHVH. This is a sober, text-first teaching for saints who desire to watch, pray, discern, and live faithfully in prophetic times.

Donald Trump's on again off again deal making with the Iranians has hit another flashpoint this week as exchanges of fire on commercial shipping and US military bases in the region stymied negotiations before their 60 day deadline. Although large-scale combat has subsided, the conflict between the United States and Iran is far from over. Nick Carl argues that Tehran has emerged from the war with a new strategic objective: establishing de facto control over the Strait of Hormuz and using it as a tool of coercion against the international community after its traditional sources of deterrence fell short. He also examines the regime's evolving leadership following Ali Khamenei's death, the continued discontent between Iran's rulers and its people, and why Tehran believes it can outlast the United States politically despite suffering major military setbacks. While conventional wisdom suggests Iranian weakness (as discussed in our many conversations with General Jack Keane), Tehran is nonetheless negotiating from a position of confidence. Will the United States remain committed to denying Iran control of the Strait? Can diplomacy succeed without rewarding Iranian aggression? And ultimately, who has the greater will to persist? Will President Trump accept a bad agreement or abandon his deal making desires in pursuit of a more decisive outcome?Nicholas Carl is the Assistant Director for the Critical Threats Project and a Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mr. Carl is the author of reports, analyses, and maps covering Iran's regional strategy and nuclear program, military structure, and politics. His commentary and maps have been featured in a variety of media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times.Read the transcript here.Subscribe to our Substack here.

C dans l'air du 13 juillet 2026 - Trump : le détroit, c'est à moi ! Les États-Unis vont « devenir les gardiens du détroit d'Ormuz », a déclaré lundi le président américain Donald Trump dans une interview téléphonique à Fox News. « Nous allons conserver le contrôle du détroit, et nous allons probablement l'exploiter. Nous deviendrons le gardien du détroit », a-t-il ajouté. Ces déclarations font suite aux nouveaux échanges de tirs entre les Etats-Unis et l'Iran ce week-end. Washington a visé des installations stratégiques dans l'ouest et le sud de l'Iran en riposte à l'Iran qui avait attaqué samedi un navire chypriote, qui empruntait selon lui une « route non autorisée » dans le détroit d'Ormuz. Ce lundi, les gardiens de la révolution ont tiré des drones et missiles contre des installations américaines situées à Oman et Bahreïn. Après de premiers échanges de tirs la semaine dernière, le cessez-le-feu signé entre les Etats-Unis et l'Iran le 17 juin est de plus en plus menacé. Face à ce conflit qui n'en finit plus, Donald Trump semble sans solutions. D'autant que les Iraniens semblent prêts à tout pour imposer leur loi sur le détroit d'Ormuz, « plus important que des dizaines de bombes atomiques », selon le conseiller militaire du Guide suprême iranien, Mohsen Rezaï. Vendredi, le guide suprême iranien Mojtaba Khameneï avait juré dans un message écrit de « venger » le « sang pur » de son père, Ali Khamenei. Donald Trump serait directement visé par un projet d'assassinat de la part du régime islamique, a rapporté le Wall Street journal la semaine dernière, citant des sources du renseignement israélien. « Mille missiles sont armés et prêts à être tirés (…) si le gouvernement iranien met à exécution sa menace (…) d'assassiner, ou de tenter d'assassiner, le président en exercice des Etats-Unis, en l'occurrence MOI ! », a immédiatement répondu le président américain Donald Trump sur son réseau Truth social. Ce ne serait pas la première fois que les Iraniens tentent de s'en prendre au président américain : en mars, un Pakistanais a été condamné par un tribunal fédéral de New York soupçonné d'avoir tenté de recruter des agents afin de commettre des assassinats pour le compte des gardiens de la révolution. En France, c'est dans le contexte de la guerre en Ukraine que le président Emmanuel Macron prépare le dernier défilé du 14 juillet de son mandat. Mardi, quelque 500 soldats des États membres de la coalition des volontaires ouvriront la parade sur les Champs Élysées, suivi par 25 militaires ukrainiens. Un « symbole fort de l'Europe, qui prend conscience de la dangerosité du monde et qu'il faut prendre en main son destin », a souligné l'Élysée dans un communiqué. Ce dixième défilé du chef de l'État doit illustrer le « réarmement stratégique de la France et le réveil stratégique européen », a ajouté l'Élysée. Depuis son arrivée au pouvoir en 2017, Emmanuel Macron a quasiment doublé le budget des Armées, passé de 32 à 57 milliards d'euros. Pour quelles raisons les combats entre les Etats-Unis et l'Iran ont-ils repris depuis ce week-end ? Faut-il prendre au sérieux les projets d'assassinat iraniens sur Donald Trump ? Et qu'attendre du dernier défilé du 14-Juillet pour Emmanuel Macron ?Nos experts :- Général Patrick DUTARTRE - Général de l'armée de l'Air et de l'Espace, ancien pilote de chasse - Gallagher FENWICK - Journaliste, spécialiste des questions internationales, ancien correspondant à Washington - Sofia AMARA - Journaliste et grand reporter, spécialiste du Moyen-Orient - David RIGOULET-ROZE - Chercheur à l'Institut français d'analyse stratégique, rédacteur en chef de la revue « Orients stratégiques », auteur de « La République islamique d'Iran en crise systémique » - (en duplex) Sonia DRIDI - Correspondante à Washington pour France 24 et LCI

I titoli: Stretto di Ormuz, dichiarazioni contrastanti sulla sua apertura, mentre si verificano nuovi attacchi contro l'Iran e il Kuwait; Italia, Giorgia Meloni nella "lista nera" dei "responsabili" dell'omicidio della guida suprema iraniana Ali Khamenei; Australia, la Commissione reale si concentrerà sull'esperienza degli studenti ebrei nelle università. Sport, Jannik Sinner trionfa a Wimbledon per il secondo anno di fila.Seguici su Facebook e Instagram o abbonati ai nostri podcast cliccando qui. 

Four months after he was assassinated by Israeli and US airstrikes on the first day of the Iran war, former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei has been buried in an elaborate funeral.But who was he behind all the mythology and pomp? How did he shape modern Iran into the impoverished, rogue nation it is today? And what does his life tell us about what his son Mojtaba Khamenei will be like as Iran's new leader?Venetia Rainey speaks to Ali Ansari, professor of Iranian History and director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews, about Khamenei's legacy and backstory. Ali lays out how this fake ayatollah was corrupted by absolute power, how he allied with the IRGC to steal the state's wealth, and why his "princeling" son Mojtaba is even weaker. Highlights‘Bitter, weak and corrupted': how Ali Khamenei ruined IranAli Ansari on his backstory and what his son Mojtaba will be likeCONTRIBUTORS:Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiaraineyAli Ansari, professor University of St Andrews @aa51_ansariWATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dkProducer: Peter ShevlinResearcher and Social Producer: Anna HindmarshStudio Operator: Andy WatsonExecutive Producer: Venetia Rainey ► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor► EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk► GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran-war/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Confira os destaques do Jornal da Manhã deste sábado (11): O ministro Flávio Dino, do STF, determinou o bloqueio de R$ 119,2 milhões em bens de Valdemar Costa Neto, presidente do PL. A Polícia Federal investiga um esquema ilegal de desvio de emendas parlamentares na Câmara dos Deputados. Mensagens apontam arranjo informal para destinar recursos aos setores de turismo e saúde. A defesa nega qualquer fraude. Reportagem: Bruno Pinheiro. O Itamaraty busca reverter a imposição de um tarifaço de 25% anunciado pelos Estados Unidos contra produtos brasileiros. O governo federal mantém rodadas de negociações em Washington para mitigar impactos na indústria nacional. Estudo da CNI aponta que a taxação extra pode comprometer até 15 bilhões de dólares em exportações, afetando mais de quatro mil itens produzidos no país. Reportagem: André Anelli. O pré-candidato ao governo de São Paulo Fernando Haddad rebateu as declarações de Tarcísio de Freitas contra as ex-senadoras Marina Silva e Simone Tebet. O petista classificou a fala do adversário como uma agressão gratuita e defendeu a relação de ambas com o estado de São Paulo. Haddad também contestou os números divulgados pela pesquisa eleitoral do Datafolha. Reportagem: João Vítor Revedilho. O presidente nacional do PL, Valdemar Costa Neto, manifestou-se sobre o inquérito que apura associação criminosa e fraude na liberação de verbas. O dirigente partidário argumentou que recebe lideranças de todo o país para intermediar pedidos de prefeitos nas áreas de saúde e obras. O caso repercute no Congresso Nacional, dividindo opiniões sobre a legalidade das articulações de bastidores. Reportagem: André Anelli. O professor de relações internacionais Danilo Porfírio analisa o atual cenário de conflitos na Ucrânia e no Oriente Médio. Em entrevista à Jovem Pan News nesta quarta (11), o especialista debateu o redesenho das forças globais entre os Estados Unidos, a China e a Rússia, além de apontar os reflexos diretos dessa instabilidade nos preços do petróleo e do gás natural. Em análise na Jovem Pan News, o surgimento do movimento Imparáveis MB é visto como um ato de autoproteção e de projeção eleitoral para os próximos pleitos. Com mais de 70 mil filiações registradas recentemente no PL Mulher , Michelle Bolsonaro aproveita sua popularidade para estruturar bases que podem levá-la a disputar o Senado de forma totalmente autônoma. As campanhas presidenciais intensificam as estratégias para conquistar o eleitorado entre 16 e 24 anos. Uma pesquisa recente da Quaest apontou recuo nas intenções de voto para Flávio Bolsonaro e crescimento de Lula nesse segmento, mas o grupo segue indefinido. Redes sociais e algoritmos moldam a percepção dos novos votantes. Reportagem: Beatriz Manfredini. O FMI aumentou sua projeção de crescimento econômico para o Brasil neste ano de 2026. A nova estimativa aponta para uma alta de 2,4% no PIB, superando o prognóstico de 1,9% calculado pelas instituições do mercado financeiro nacional. O economista Rodrigo Simões debate as causas estruturais e os reflexos dessa revisão na Jovem Pan News. O ex-presidente dos Estados Unidos Donald Trump usou as redes sociais para ameaçar destruir o Irã caso o país tente assassiná-lo. A declaração ocorre após o governo de Israel compartilhar relatórios de inteligência sobre planos iranianos contra o político. Trump afirmou que as Forças Armadas norte-americanas estão prontas para retaliar imediatamente e dizimar o território inimigo. Reportagem: Luca Bassani. O novo líder supremo do Irã, Mojtaba Khamenei, declarou em suas redes sociais que a vingança pela morte de seu pai, o aiatolá Ali Khamenei, é uma exigência do povo. O antigo líder faleceu após um ataque aéreo das Forças Armadas dos Estados Unidos, o que implodiu acordos diplomáticos e reacendeu bombardeios na região. Reportagem: Luca Bassani. Essas e outras notícias você acompanha no Jornal da Manhã. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The burst of strikes between Iran and the US has died down but the Strait of Hormuz has seized up, with shipping coming to an almost complete standstill on the southern non-Iranian route. On today's episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey and Roland Oliphant discuss how this is exactly what Tehran wants. Meanwhile, Israel has revealed that Donald Trump is the subject of a “new and specific” assassination plot by Iran, and Ali Khamenei has finally been buried - with his son Mojtaba Khamenei still nowhere to be seen. Plus, what does this week's Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey tell us about the future of the alliance and the trans-Atlantic security relationship? Rachel Ellehuus, director-general of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), gives her analysis of Trump's Greenland comments, how Ukraine was the real winner, and why America's aggressive global force posture review is a "protection racket". HighlightsIran's Trump ‘assassination plot' revealed as Strait of Hormuz closes upRUSI chief Rachel Ellehuus on Trump, the Nato summit and GreenlandCONTRIBUTORS:Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiaraineyRoland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign analyst @rolandoliphantRachel Ellehuus, RUSI director-general @rach_ellehuusWATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dkCONTENT REFERENCED:What I saw behind the scenes at Nato's tumultuous summithttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/09/behind-the-scenes-nato-turkey-summit/Trump ‘forced to use old Air Force One over security fears'https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/07/09/trump-forced-to-use-old-air-force-one-over-security-fears/Millions block streets for Khamenei burialhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/09/iran-us-war-latest-news-strikes-strait-of-hormuz-nato/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The coffin of Ali Khamenei, Iran's former supreme leader, killed by Israel in February, has been on a procession tour this week of holy sites in Iraq and Iran. Huge crowds gathered wherever it went, the coffin was passed over a sea of hands, and three of Khamenei's sons wept over the coffin in Tehran.Meanwhile, the US and Iran have launched new strikes throughout the week. The peace between the US and Iran is fragile, at best. At worst, it could be over. We speak to Parham Ghobadi, from the BBC's Persian Service.(Photo: Burial of Iran's late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Mashhad. Credit: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)Producers: Cat Farnsworth and Aron KellerSound engineer: Travis EvansSenior news editor: China Collins

Que lisent les diplomates ? Sources diplomatiques a le plaisir de vous présenter le Book Club du CAPS, le book club préféré des diplomates !Ce rendez-vous mensuel est proposé et animé par le Centre d'analyse, de prévision et de Stratégie (CAPS) du ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères. Chaque mois, des agents du CAPS invitent un auteur ou une autrice, qu'il s'agisse de chercheurs ou diplomates, autour d'une discussion sur des enjeux internationaux et géostratégiques. Sources diplomatiques propose à ses auditeurs de découvrir ces épisodes chaque semestre.Dans cet épisode, Tristan Aureau, directeur du CAPS et Céline Bayou, chargée de mission au CAPS reçoivent Thomas Gomart, historien et directeur de l'Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), qui présente son livre : « Qui contrôle qui ? ».Dans son dernier livre, Thomas Gomart décrypte quatre face à face de dirigeants qui orientent de manière décisive la politique internationale : Vladimir Poutine et Volodymyr Zelensky ; Ali Khamenei et Benyamin Netanyahou ; Narendra Modi et Xi Jinping ; Donald Trump et Ursula von des Leyen. S'y ajoutent le GIEC et Fox News, ainsi que deux territoires, la Silicon Valley et le Vatican. Pour chacun de ces duels, il s'interroge sur la nature du rapport de force qui le sous-tend : qui contrôle qui ?--CRÉDITS :Production du Book Club : Centre d'analyse et de prévision stratégiqueAdaption podcast : DCPDirection de production : Julie GodefroyChargé de podcast : Anton StolperCommunication : Kaled Maddi et équipe des réseaux sociaux (Flora Ogier, Amélie Lavignon)Illustrations et identité visuelle : Studio création / Nadège Teulon------Sources diplomatiques est le podcast réalisé par les équipes du ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères. Une plongée au cœur de la diplomatie française, une invitation à découvrir les rapports d'influence, les négociations, les questions stratégiques et la mécanique des grands enjeux politiques internationaux.Sources diplomatiques c'est aussi de nombreuses autres séries, telles que CAPS : 50 ans de futur, les Mots, Qui gouverne l'océan, l'Académie diplomatique d'été ainsi que la série documentaire réalisée au début de la Guerre en Ukraine.Sources diplomatiques est disponible sur toutes les plateformes d'écoute.

This week on Without A Country, Corinne Fisher looks into the growing controversy surrounding Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, including resurfaced comments, allegations throwing his campaign into crisis (he suspended his campaign moments after this livestream ended), and what it means for Democrats trying to flip a crucial Senate seat. She also unpacks the bizarre rumors surrounding Mitch McConnell's health and the viral speculation over whether the longtime Republican leader is dead, brain dead, or simply recovering from a medical emergency. Corinne then examines the mysterious case of Nolan Wells, the young Black man who disappeared during a trip with friends in Mississippi, a story that has sparked national outrage and demands for answers. Also in this episode: the fight over Patty, the Bronx Zoo's last elephant, Hong Kong's crackdown on dissent, DHS 's scary silencing tactics, Tim Walz's interesting pardon, and which country is chanting "Death to America!"00:00 Livestream Countdown & Intro Music02:00 Show Begins – Welcome Back to NYC02:45 Mike's Car Gets Totaled & NYC Crime Discussion08:20 Gash Comedy Show Announcement & Patreon Shoutouts11:54 Patty the Elephant – Should the Bronx Zoo Send Her to a Sanctuary?22:25 Animal Rights, Zoos & Ethical Wildlife Tourism28:24 Main Stories Preview: Graham Platner, Mitch McConnell & Nolan Wells35:04 Who Is Graham Platner? The Maine Senate Candidate Explained40:21 The R*pe Allegations Against Graham Platner51:48 Platner's Reddit Posts, G*ns & Political Extremism01:05:00 The "N*zi Tattoo" Controversy & Candidate Vetting01:12:45 Why Political Opposition Research Matters01:18:50 The Alleged Assault Timeline & Survivor Reactions01:24:14 Mitch McConnell Death Rumors & Political Internet Culture01:31:30 Is Celebrating Political Deaths Going Too Far?01:36:10 The Nolan Wells Case Begins01:40:17 Race, Class & Why the Story Has Gone Viral01:47:40 What Happened to Nolan Wells? Theories & Unanswered Questions01:54:30 Final Thoughts on the Case & Ongoing Investigation02:00:03 Wacko Mailbag02:08:25 "Could Be Worse" Segment02:12:30 Hong Kong's Crackdown on Dissent02:20:14 Ali Khamenei's Funeral & "Death to America" Chants02:27:00 International Politics, Nationalism & Media Narratives02:34:15 Final Thoughts of the Week02:40:21 Closing Remarks, Travel, and Outro02:46:00 End of ShowSUBSCRIBE TO THE PATREON:https://patreon.com/WithoutACountry?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFOLLOW WITHOUT A COUNTRY ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/withoutacountrypodcast/FOLLOW CORINNE ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/philanthropygalFOLLOW MIKE ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/themharrington/FOLLOW ALONG:Enemy of the State: The Bronx Zoohttps://nypost.com/2026/07/07/us-news/bronx-zoo-may-move-last-remaining-elephant-patty-to-tennessee-sanctuary-report/Graham Platnerhttps://www.grahamforsenate.com/Mitch McConnellhttps://www.axios.com/2026/07/07/mitch-mcconnell-health-senate-gop-leaders?utm_source=chatgpt.comNolan WellsTIMELINE: https://www.wlox.com/2026/07/07/timeline-heres-what-we-know-about-disappearance-death-18-year-old-nolan-wells/?utm_source=chatgpt.comFURTHER INVESTIGATION:https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/jackson-county/article316412791.html?utm_source=chatgpt.comWACO MAIL BAG Walz Pardons Immigrant Who M0lested 10-Year-Oldhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/politics/minnesota-pardon-sexual-abuser.htmlhttps://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/dhs-attacks-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-over-criminal-sexual-conduct-pardon/COULD BE WORSEHong Kong National Security LawBased on: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/05/nx-s1-5876545/hong-kongs-sound-of-silence-6-years-under-the-national-security-lawKhamenei's Funeralhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/06/massive-crowd-chants-death-america-khameneis-casket-winds-through-tehran/GUUUURLYou Can't Send ICE an emailhttps://www.npr.org/2026/07/06/nx-s1-5883784/dhs-ice-critic-lawsuit-free-speechSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The US and Iran have continued to trade strikes, raising fears of a return to full scale conflict. At the same time, huge crowds of mourners pay respects to Iran's former Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.Also in the programme: False claims about Ebola are fuelling violence against health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and it's France versus Morocco at the World Cup.(Photo: A handout photo made available by the Iranian Supreme Leader Office shows crowds taking part in the burial of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the city of Mashhad, Iran, 09 July 2026)

The US president has said the truce with Iran is ‘over' amid 48 hours of intense strikes. In the days leading to this escalation, three tankers were attacked by Iran in the strait of Hormuz, raising questions about the clarity of the ceasefire agreement signed in June. The US military's attacks occurred during the week-long funeral of Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, which drew millions on to the streets. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian's senior international correspondent Julian Borger – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

In this episode of Mission Brief, Major R joins us to talk about the Israeli Air Force's Elimination Cell, responsible for coordinating some of the IDF's most significant operations.From the elimination of senior terrorists such as Hassan Nasrallah and Ali Khamenei to the complex coordination behind these missions, he shares exclusive insights into his work and the challenges involved in targeting high-ranking terrorist leaders.

Convidado: Oliver Stuenkel, professor de Relações Internacionais da FGV, pesquisador da Universidade de Harvard e do Carnegie Endowment, nos Estados Unidos. "Para mim, acho que acabou. Eu não quero mais lidar com eles", disse o presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, sobre o conflito com o Irã, na cúpula da Otan, na Turquia. A declaração do republicano veio depois de uma nova troca de ataques entre os dois países, menos de um mês após o anúncio de um acordo provisório para interromper os bombardeios e retomar as negociações sobre o programa nuclear iraniano. A escalada de violência acontece durante os cortejos do funeral do aiatolá Ali Khamenei e em meio ao teste de força do regime sob o comando do seu filho, Mojtaba. A retomada dos ataques reacende o temor de um conflito de consequências globais. O preço do petróleo disparou, as bolsas caíram e voltou a crescer a preocupação com o Estreito de Ormuz, rota por onde passa cerca de um quinto do petróleo transportado no mundo. Neste episódio, Natuza Nery conversa com Oliver Stuenkel, professor de Relações Internacionais da FGV e pesquisador da Universidade de Harvard e do Carnegie Endowment, sobre o colapso da trégua, os interesses por trás da retomada dos ataques e os riscos de uma nova escalada militar.

The burial of Iran’s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei is now set to go ahead after delays due to US strikes. Then: India and Australia reach a uranium deal, Nigel Farage meets a bin-worthy opponent and should shorts in the office be banned? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patrick Wintour reports from the funeral of Ali Khamenei as the Iranian regime puts on a show of confidence and resilience.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Dai funerali di Ali Khamenei ai negoziati tra Israele e Libano che si terranno a Roma, passando per le tensioni tra Israele e Turchia e gli ultimi sviluppi a Gaza. Il punto della situazione con Michele Giorgio, corrispondente de Il Manifesto da Gerusalemme.Seguici su Facebook e Instagram o abbonati ai nostri podcast cliccando qui. 

The gloves come off as the panel dissects the spectacle surrounding Ali Khamenei's funeral and the question many are now asking: are the nuclear negotiations simply buying Tehran more time? You'll learn why the panel believes the regime's public rhetoric matters, how Turkey's growing regional ambitions could become the next major geopolitical flashpoint, why anti-Semitism in Western politics is raising new alarms, and hear the week's biggest heroes and villains in one of the show's most passionate discussions yet.

Il vertice della Nato che comincia oggi ad Ankara sarà incentrato sull'aumento della spesa militare, il rafforzamento dell'industria della difesa e il sostegno all'Ucraina. Con Paolo Soldini, giornalista.Negli ultimi giorni milioni di persone hanno partecipato a Teheran ai funerali di stato della Guida suprema Ali Khamenei, ucciso lo scorso febbraio durante gli attacchi statunitensi e israeliani contro l'Iran. Con Tara Riva, esperta di relazioni internazionali Oggi parliamo anche di:India • "Karma criminale" di Atul Devhttps://www.internazionale.it/magazine/atul-dev/2026/07/02/karma-criminaleSerie tv • Rooster su Hbo MaxCi piacerebbe sapere cosa pensi di questo episodio. Scrivici a podcast@internazionale.it Se ascolti questo podcast e ti piace, abbonati a Internazionale. È un modo concreto per sostenerci e per aiutarci a garantire ogni giorno un'informazione di qualità. Vai su internazionale.it/abbonatiConsulenza editoriale di Chiara NielsenProduzione di Claudio Balboni e Vincenzo De SimoneMusiche di Tommaso Colliva e Raffaele ScognaDirezione creativa di Jonathan Zenti

Ett massivt säkerhetspådrag väntar när Irans tidigare högste ledare Ali Khamenei begravs. Hur kommer begravningen gå till? Vilka risker finns? Och hur kommer Iran att styras i framtiden, när den nya ledaren inte syns till? Gäst: Johan Mathias Sommarström, utrikeskommentator. Programledare och producent: Jesper Spanne. Klipp från: CBS Kontakt: podcast@aftonbladet.se. Ansvarig utgivare: Lotta Folcker.

P.M. Edition for July 6. Crowds thronged the streets of Tehran today as part of the week of funeral events for Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader killed by the U.S. and Israel at the start of the war. WSJ Middle East correspondent Benoit Faucon discusses how Iran is using the funeral as a demonstration of its defiance–potentially complicating peace negotiations. Plus, we're exclusively reporting that Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum that puts on Davos, is making a comeback bid. And the “Trump Accounts” for kids are now live. We hear from the Journal's Elyse Goncalves about who should get one, even if it doesn't come with $1,000 of seed money from the government. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

President Trump's bold claims about Iran are colliding with a very different reality, and what happened at Ali Khamenei's funeral may reveal who's really winning the information war. Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum unpack why the regime's massive displays of mourning may be carefully orchestrated propaganda, what the absence of Iran's new supreme leader could mean, why foreign delegations at the funeral matter more than they appear and whether the West is making a dangerous mistake by negotiating with Tehran. Learn how to separate political theater from genuine geopolitical shifts and what these latest developments could mean for the next phase of the Iran-Israel confrontation.

Dead, disfigured by the war or hidden for safety - why isn't Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei at his own father's funeral?It's the million-dollar question as Tehran hosts the third day of a massive public event ahead of Ali Khamenei's burial. On today's Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey speaks to Iranian-American historian and writer Arash Azizi about the possible theories, why the funeral was heavy on revenge and martyrdom, and what the event tells us about the post-war Iranian regime's attitude towards the US. Plus, as Nato leaders prepare for the alliance's most significant summit, President Donald Trump looms large over proceedings. Roland Oliphant looks at what's at stake in this week's meetings, while Sophia Yan explains how Turkey is using the event to crack down on dissent.Highlights‘Kill Trump': Iran holds revenge funeralWhere is Iran's new supreme leader?CONTRIBUTORS:Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiaraineySophia Yan, co-host and senior foreign correspondent @sophia_yanRoland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphantArash Azizi, author and historian Yale University @arash_tehran WATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dkCONTENT REFERENCED:Iranians call for revenge as mourners gather for Khamenei's funeralhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/04/iranians-revenge-mourners-for-khamenei-funeral/Khamenei's funeral masks a battle for Iran's soulhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/04/khameneis-funeral-masks-a-battle-for-iran-soul/Mojtaba Khamenei misses father's funeralhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/05/mojtaba-khamenei-misses-fathers-funeral/Ahmadinejad back from the dead at Khamenei's funeralhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/06/ahmadinejad-back-from-the-dead-khameneis-funeral/Erdogan crushes dissent before rolling out Nato red carpethttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/07/recep-erdogan-turkey-ankara-dissent-nato-summit-ankara/Producer: Max BowerVideo Producer: Peter ShevlinResearcher and Social Producer: Anna HindmarshStudio Operator: Andy WatsonExecutive Producer: Venetia Rainey ► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor► EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk► GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran-war/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Funeral processions for Iran’s slain supreme leader culminate in central Iran but his successor is nowhere to be seen. Plus: Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial gets under way; the chief economist of Swedbank; and how Bank of America is funding art-conservation projects. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Tra le notizie di oggi: milioni di persone alle cerimonie funebri per l'ex guida suprema Ali Khamenei a Teheran; gli Stati Uniti celebrano il duecentocinquantesimo anniversario, eventi a rischio per caldo e temporali; il primo ministro Albanese in partenza per le Fiji; e per lo sport, il Marocco passa ai quarti ed inizia il Tour de France.Seguici su Facebook e Instagram o abbonati ai nostri podcast cliccando qui. 

The coffin of Iran's late Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is on display along with those of four family members at the Grand Mosalla mosque in Tehran. Millions of people are expected to attend Saturday's official ceremony. We hear from our correspondent in Tehran. Also on the programme: a Ukrainian woman is named as the main suspect in the Monaco bomb attack; and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are rumoured to be tying the knot today in New York's Madison Square Garden. (Photo: An Iranian man walks in front of a billboard of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ahead of his funeral ceremonies in Tehran on July 3, 2026. Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)

A volte dialogano, a volte combattono. Dal cessate il fuoco del mese scorso, Stati Uniti e Iran sono indissolubilmente legati in un paradigma dove qualche volta le distanze si accorciano ma molto spesso si dilatano. E in questi giorni la distanza non solo politica ma anche economica, sociale e culturale tra i due Paesi è quanto mai evidente. Da una parte, in varie città iraniane, si svolgono i funerali di Ali Khamenei. Oltre oceano, gli americani si apprestano a festeggiare il 4 luglio, che quest'anno segna 250 anni di indipendenza americana. Due eventi grandiosi, sentiti, partecipati. Che però mettono in evidenza ed espongono al mondo le contraddizioni e le difficoltà che attraversano entrambi i paesi. Ne parliamo con Giovanni Borgognone, professore di Storia delle dottrine politiche all'Università di Torino, e con Shervin Haravi, avvocata e attivista italo-iraniana, impegnata nella difesa dei diritti umani.

Sabato 4 luglio l'America compie duecentocinquant'anni. Ma quello stesso giorno, a ottomila chilometri di distanza, la Repubblica islamica metterà in scena il funerale dei funerali: quello della Guida suprema, Ali Khamenei. Quanto costa sposarsi in Italia? Secondo una ricerca di Federconsumatori un matrimonio con cento invitati, viaggio di nozze compreso, richiede un budget minimo di 48 mila euro. Michela Rossi, art director e fumettista, racconta su Domani i dieci giorni passati a New York in una residenza artistica. Ma, in realtà, parla di qualcosa che riguarda tutti noi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fire måneder etter at han ble drept, begraves ayatolla Ali Khamenei. Sønnen er utpekt som ny leder, men har ikke vist seg offentlig. Dukker han opp i farens begravelse? Vi oppsummerer nyhetene for deg, i dag også om tiårets kjendisbryllup.

durée : 00:20:12 - Le journal de 18h00 - Une vie presque normale a repris à Téhéran alors que l'Iran et les Etats-Unis négocient la fin du conflit au Moyen-Orient. Le régime iranien veut faire des funérailles d'Ali Khamenei une démonstration de force populaire : 20 millions de personnes pourraient y participer. - équipe : La Rédaction de France Culture, Stanislas Vasak, Brice Garcia Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:20:12 - Les journaux de France Culture - Une vie presque normale a repris à Téhéran alors que l'Iran et les Etats-Unis négocient la fin du conflit au Moyen-Orient. Le régime iranien veut faire des funérailles d'Ali Khamenei une démonstration de force populaire : 20 millions de personnes pourraient y participer. - équipe : La Rédaction de France Culture, Stanislas Vasak, Brice Garcia Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

The United States and Israel attacked Iran together on the 28th of February 2026. Within a week hundreds of targets were hit throughout Iran, killing thousands of IRGC personnel, including the supreme leader Ali Khamenei himself. Along with the military strikes, cyber attacks took over media organisations and telephones, broadcasting messages encouraging the Iranian people to rise up against their government.  It was clear that the strategy was regime change.

The United States and Israel attacked Iran together on the 28th of February 2026. Within a week hundreds of targets were hit throughout Iran, killing thousands of IRGC personnel, including the supreme leader Ali Khamenei himself. Along with the military strikes, cyber attacks took over media organisations and telephones, broadcasting messages encouraging the Iranian people to rise up against their government.  It was clear that the strategy was regime change.

Trong những ngày đầu của cuộc chiến giữa Mỹ, Israel và Iran, Tổng thống Trump cùng Thủ tướng Netanyahu nhiều lần công khai kêu gọi người dân Iran đứng lên chống lại chính quyền Tehran, trong bối cảnh các cuộc không kích khiến lãnh đạo tối cao khi đó là Ali Khamenei thiệt mạng. Thế nhưng đến nay chính quyền Tehran có vẻ lại trở nên tự tin và vững mạnh hơn.

In Episode 483 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Hamidreza Azizi — expert on Iranian foreign policy and international security, and author of The Axis of Resistance: Iran, Israel, and the Struggle for the Middle East — about the evolution of the US-Israeli war against Iran since the early weeks of Operation Epic Fury, the contours of the emerging peace process, and the broader transformation of the Middle Eastern order in its wake. The first hour picks up from Azizi's previous appearance and traces how the war has developed: the transformation of Iran's leadership following the assassination of Ali Khamenei and the consolidation of power within the IRGC, the memorandum of understanding signed between the US and Iran, whether Iran's demonstrated control over the Strait of Hormuz has negated its need for a nuclear weapon, the role of Hezbollah and Lebanon as the most volatile variable in any lasting peace arrangement, and an honest accounting of what Iran has lost — and why those losses, not just its leverage, are driving Tehran to the negotiating table. The second hour turns to the broader regional and geopolitical consequences of the conflict. They examine whether the Islamic Republic's ruling mandate has fundamentally shifted and what that means for its relationship with the United States going forward, how Netanyahu faces elections with a war record that looks nothing like the total victory he promised, and how Trump's willingness to negotiate with Iran without Israeli participation has forced a reckoning with the limits of that alliance. They also discuss what a new Middle Eastern order looks like in the face of a potential US strategic withdrawal or retrenchment — defined less by competing visions than by fluid, transactional balance-of-power dynamics — before closing with China: what Iran's foreign minister's recent comments about a new era of cooperation between Beijing and Tehran mean in practice, how China's behavior during the war signals a qualitative shift in its strategic calculus, and what three scenarios could cause the current peace process to collapse before a comprehensive deal is reached. Subscribe to our premium content—including our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports—by visiting HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you'd like to join the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community—with benefits like Q&A calls with guests, exclusive research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners—you can also sign up on our subscriber page at HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you enjoyed today's episode of Hidden Forces, please support the show by: Subscribing on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, CastBox, or via our RSS Feed Writing us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify Join our mailing list at https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/ Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe and support the podcast at https://hiddenforces.io. Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at @Kofinas Episode Recorded on 06/17/2026

After 100 days of the US-Iran war launched by Donald Trump, who is winning and who is losing? An American and an Iranian debate the big successes, what could have gone better, and what the long-term implications will be. Venetia Rainey and Roland Oliphant are joined by Ben Hodges, former US general and commander of the US Army in Europe, and Holly Dagres, Washington Institute analyst and author of The Iranist substack. They discuss the most significant moments from the war, from Ali Khamenei's death to an attack on a US base in Kuwait, why China is benefitting, and what surprised them most. Highlights100 days of war: the winners and losers so farAn American general and an Iranian analyst debateCONTRIBUTORS:Venetia Rainey, co-host @venetiaraineyRoland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphantBen Hodges, former commanding general US Army Europe @general_ben Holly Dagres, Washington Institute analyst and The Iranist author @hdagresWATCH THE FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/-3VEIOK3-SUProducer: Peter ShevlinExecutive Producers: Venetia Rainey & Louisa Wells► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor► EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk ► GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran-war/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iran was filled with hope during the 1979 revolution; that was soon dashed. Yeganeh Torbati is a correspondent for The New York Times covering Iran, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss Iran's recent history from the promise of democracy to oppressive rule and further corruption and why the killing of leader Ali Khamenei signals more bad news for the country. Plus, we'll hear about the people still there fighting for democracy. Her book, written with Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, is “Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Last Friday, the Washington state Attorney General sued Kalshi, the prediction market platform where users can place bets on real world events, such as the number of deportations this year or the winner of Survivor 50. Washington's civil lawsuit is now one of twenty waged against Kalshi, and follows on the heels of Arizona's Attorney General filing criminal charges against the platform earlier this month. Prediction markets generated almost $64 billion in trading volume last year, up 400% from 2024. And when the US and Israel initiated strikes on Iran in early February, Kalshi users took to the platform in droves, spending $54 million on “Ali Khamenei out as Supreme Leader?” during the first week of the war.  Prediction markets are just an intensification of a process that's been slowly transforming our relationship to our bodies, our careers, our hobbies, our lives – everything is now saturated with numbers, and we can't stop counting them and tracking them and comparing them. But what do we lose out on when we become obsessed with numbers or lines moving up or down on a graph, when we turn aspects of real life into games? Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen turned to actual games, like Twister and The Mind, to root out the answer in his latest book, The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game. For the midweek pod, host Micah Loewinger speaks to him about the dangers of scoring systems and metrics in the context of real life, why those same scoring systems are so freeing in games, and what the philosophy of games can reveal about the meaning of life.   On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.