Iran maximum pressure and Russian mediation
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🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Iran maximum pressure and Russian mediation
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Alexander, let's talk about Trump's maximum pressure policy on Iran. |
| 0:05.6 | And perhaps we can talk a bit more on the possibility that Russia is going to help the Trump administration, |
| 0:16.3 | perhaps mediate for a possible negotiation between the United States and Iran, at least as it concerns |
| 0:26.9 | the nuclear weapon issue. Trump has said many times in many statements that Iran must not |
| 0:35.0 | get a nuclear weapon no matter what, and that he is ready to negotiate in |
| 0:42.4 | some way or in some form so that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon. He definitely, at least at this |
| 0:50.1 | point in time, he definitely does not want a hot war or conflict with Iran. His policy is |
| 0:56.4 | maximum pressure on the one end while trying to figure out a way to negotiate with Iran |
| 1:02.6 | and prevent a nuclear weapon for Iran on the other side of things. And perhaps Russia can play a |
| 1:08.2 | role in all of this. Once again, they had this with the JCPOA, |
| 1:14.1 | which Trump pulled out of, but anyway, here we are in 2025 and we're talking about negotiating |
| 1:21.7 | something with Iran so that they do not get a nuclear weapon. It's very interesting. And again, here we have to be careful to separate some of the rhetoric that's coming |
| 1:33.6 | from the Trump administration and the actual steps that the Trump administration is, in fact, |
| 1:40.0 | taking. |
| 1:40.9 | It is now becoming increasingly clear that Donald Trump does not, exactly as he said, |
| 1:45.6 | want to war with Iran. I mean, he apparently rejected suggestions of Israeli missile strikes |
| 1:51.8 | and bomb strikes on Iran during the period of the transition when, you know, the Israelis were |
| 1:59.0 | lobbying for it. |
| 2:09.0 | Apparently, he made the same point when Netanyahu was in Washington, you know, a couple of days ago. |
| 2:10.3 | By the way, just to also add, Trump insisted that the Gaza ceasefire be implemented, and |
| 2:17.1 | we've seen withdrawals of Israeli troops |
| 2:19.5 | in Gaza, which is an important fact. So again, the rhetoric may be ferocious, but the |
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