HEADLINE: Iran's Nuclear Standoff Continues; Tehran Seeks Russian Help and New Iraq Smuggling Routes to Support Proxies GUEST NAME: Jonathan Sayah SUMMARY: Jonathan Sayah analyzes Iran's difficult juncture with the IAEA regarding nuclear transparency and
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🗓️ 23 September 2025
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HEADLINE: Iran's Nuclear Standoff Continues; Tehran Seeks Russian Help and New Iraq Smuggling Routes to Support Proxies
GUEST NAME: Jonathan Sayah
SUMMARY: Jonathan Sayah analyzes Iran's difficult juncture with the IAEA regarding nuclear transparency and reconstitution fears, noting Russian aid and Iranian efforts to sustain proxies via new smuggling routes through Iraq.
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| 0:30.1 | This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Batchelor. |
| 0:38.4 | Bill Rajo, my colleague and co-host and friend, senior fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracies. |
| 0:45.3 | We join together in welcoming Jonathan Saya of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, |
| 0:47.0 | who's our Iran watcher. |
| 0:53.9 | Jonathan, I go to the UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief, Mr. Grassee of the IEA. The report in these last hours is that the |
| 0:58.1 | negotiation with Iran one more time has reached what the well-spoken Mr. Grassey calls a difficult |
| 1:05.1 | juncture, meaning Iran as being as usual bazaar, negotiating hard with an IEA that is unclear that it has all the facts. |
| 1:16.8 | I read what we have from the United Nations. |
| 1:18.8 | This is gathering week for the UN General Assembly. |
| 1:22.4 | It's obviously quite a difficult juncture, said Mr. Grasse. |
| 1:25.6 | It's a very difficult situation we are facing right now. |
| 1:28.9 | The International Atomic Energy Chief says that adding the talks between the involved parties |
| 1:35.7 | were planned in New York for today. So they're talking as we speak. My understanding is that the |
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