Inside the breakdown of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Ali Vaez was involved with the 2015 negotiations that led to the Iran Nuclear Deal. He'll explain why, even as a new deal was tantalizingly close late last month, the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran.

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1:13.7	This is On Point. I'm Megyn Chakrabardi.
1:20.6	We asked you a little while ago about what you wanted to know regarding the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran.
1:24.5	Here's what Laura Reid in Portland, Oregon wanted to know.
1:32.3	What I would love to have a deeper dive in, if possible, is what happened with the negotiation between the United States and Iran before America just left the table and started bombing.
1:40.9	Julie McCabe is in Boulder, Colorado.
1:43.6	She wanted to know about the future.
1:46.0	I ask if Iran can be trusted with its nuclear aspirations, or will that make the situation
1:54.0	in the mid-east worse?
1:56.0	Well, this week, President Trump has said that the U.S. and Iran held talks over the weekend.
2:01.8	He claimed the talks went well, which influenced his decision to postpone strikes that he had threatened against Iranian power plants.
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