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HEADLINE: Iran's Isolation and Weakening "Axis of Resistance" Post-Gaza Ceasefire GUEST NAMES: Janatyn Sayeh, Bill Roggio SUMMARY: Tehran is in a tough spot concerning the Gaza ceasefire because stability does not work in its favor, contradicting its st

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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HEADLINE: Iran's Isolation and Weakening "Axis of Resistance" Post-Gaza Ceasefire

GUEST NAMES: Janatyn Sayeh, Bill Roggio

SUMMARY: Tehran is in a tough spot concerning the Gaza ceasefire because stability does not work in its favor, contradicting its strategy of regional destabilization. Iran skipped the Cairo peace summit, demonstrating its isolated diplomatic position. Experts note that the Iranian-led "axis of resistance" (including Hezbollah and Iraqi PMF factions) is severely weakened due to sanctions and cash flow reductions.

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This is CBS Iron the World. I'm John Batchel with Bill Rajo, Senior Fellow Foundation for

0:29.1

Defensive Democracies. And we're joined by his colleague, Jonathan Saya, of the Foundation

0:34.2

for Defense of Democracies, to come in in Iran, watching the episodes in Gaza,

0:40.7

watching the speech by the President of the United States in Jerusalem,

0:45.3

watching reaction in Cairo where the peace summit is gathered.

0:50.1

And this news from Cairo, Iran skipping Monday's peace summon in Egypt saying it could not meet, quote,

0:57.7

counterparts who have attacked the Iranian people, end quote.

1:01.4

Jonathan, a very good evening to you.

1:03.0

That's a clue, but it's not really a transparent explanation for how Tehran views what we know so far of the prisoner exchange and the apparent

1:14.4

cessation of activity by the IDF in Gaza City and from the front page of the New York Times,

1:21.8

a return of the Gazans to the north of the Gaza Strip in a long line of thousands marching through a wasteland.

1:29.9

What is your information about Tehran and how they regard this much-talked-about peace deal

1:36.1

that is at this moment just proposed? Good evening to you.

1:40.6

Good evening to you. Tehran is in a tough spot because on one hand, their propaganda was centered around the situation in Gaza, and they've been long opposing Israeli intervention and the military campaign in Gaza.

1:56.1

So now that we're moving more towards peace and stability, the Islamic Republic on one hand

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