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Is Israel trying to make Iran a failed state?

Donald Trump’s top counterterrorism official has quit over the war in Iran.  He says pressure from Israel, not an imminent threat from Iran, led the US president to start the conflict. Today, Hussein Ibish from the Arab Gulf States Institute on Benjamin Netanyahu’s goals in Iran and how long he wan…

How Iran is becoming Trump’s forever war

The peace talks failed, so now US President Donald Trump wants to further disrupt the vital oil shipping route, the Strait of Hormuz.  A US blockade will stop ships entering or departing Iranian ports, but will it really work to bring an end to the conflict? Today, Hussein Ibish from the Arab Gulf …

Can Iran peace talks survive new US strikes?

Peace talks in Qatar had barely begun when the US initiated a new wave of strikes against Iran.  The US says targeting Iranian boats and missile sites was an act of self-defence, but what will it mean for a deal to end the war?  Today, Hussein Ibish from the Arab Gulf States Institute explains what…

Iran war deepens divisions among Gulf nations

The Strait of Hormuz has now been closed for 88 days. And the impact of that closure, along with the US-Israel war with Iran that triggered it, is intensifying rifts among Gulf countries. Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, joins The World’s Hos…

Will a US-Iran deal happen?

There were reports on the weekend about an imminent deal to end the U.S. war with Iran — but those hopes were dimmed by fresh airstrikes Monday. What’s happening with talks between Washington and Tehran? And what does it mean for the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon? Guest host Catherine…

U.S. moves to reassure Gulf allies after latest Strait of Hormuz shutdown

A U.S. official confirmed to PBS News that Iran fired a drone that hit a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, and traffic through the strait has largely stopped. The strike came as Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the Persian Gulf to try to reassure Arab allies that any agreement with Iran…

What did Netanyahu know before October 7?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing renewed political scrutiny after media investigations reported that he and his government were warned about an impending large-scale Hamas attack before October 7.  The reports say Egypt’s former intelligence chief travelled to Jerusalem days befo…