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The Duran Podcast

Iran deal or a drift towards war

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🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Iran deal or a drift towards war


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0:00.0

All right, Alexandra, let's talk about the negotiations that wrapped up over the weekend in

0:05.1

Oman between the United States and Iran. Once again, you have Whitkoff representing the U.S.

0:12.3

side. You had the foreign minister of Iran, representing the Iranian side, the Department of State,

0:20.5

the U.S. Department of State, nowhere to be found.

0:23.4

Actually, I've read reports which claim that Iran didn't want Rubio present.

0:28.3

They preferred Whitkoff, which makes sense.

0:30.5

But the general outlook of those meetings, the conclusion that we got was that everything went very well. It was

0:42.1

positive. And we're going to have a follow-up talks. And those talks could possibly lead to some

0:49.4

sort of a bilateral negotiation and maybe even a deal.

0:55.8

Trump does not want Iran getting nuclear weapons.

0:58.0

Iran is looking for some sanctions relief.

1:01.4

And we are off to a good start.

1:04.5

At least that's how it looks.

1:07.2

But what are your thoughts?

1:09.7

Well, I get to say something. If one puts aside all the

1:14.0

rhetoric and all the emotion and all this, this should not be a particularly difficult deal to

1:23.2

do. Now, what happened in Oman was this? There was WICOF in one room. There was the Iranian

1:30.6

foreign minister and his team, Arachi, in the other room. The foreign minister of Oman was going

1:37.3

backwards and forwards between these two rooms, passing ideas between the two sides. Apparently,

1:43.0

it went well. And at the end of this meeting, Arachi and Witkoff

1:49.5

actually met. So there was actually a meeting and an exchange, a brief one. But apparently,

1:57.2

it was all very courteous and very friendly. And if you look at what the Iranians are saying, they thought that the meeting went well.

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