Iran Vows Revenge, Retribution

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In a statement attributed to him and read by Iranian state TV, Iran's new supreme leader vows revenge, and pledges retribution for the death of his family. He also said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, and called for US bases in the Middle East to be shuttered. Iran is escalating its attacks on global energy supplies and its Gulf neighbors, while President Trump is insisting the US has already won the war. New York Times Magazine staff writer Ronen Bergman joins the show to try and make sense of all this. Also on today's show: Jeffrey DeLaurentis, former acting US ambassador to Cuba; former Golman Sachs Chairman/CEO Lloyd Blankfein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention.
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0:33.7	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:38.3	Most people say it's already been won. It's just a question of when. When do we stop?
0:44.3	Trump claims victory even as the war escalates and the new supreme leader promises revenge.
0:50.3	I'll ask journalist Ronan Bergman if the US U.S. and Israel are still aligned, then...
0:55.0	It may be a friendly takeover, it may not be a friendly takeover.
1:00.0	Trump sets his sights on Cuba next, with the country on the brink of economic collapse and humanitarian disaster.
1:07.0	Where will that lead? I'm joined by Jeffrey De Laurentis, America's man in Cuba after
1:12.7	diplomatic relations were restored under Obama. Plus, there has to be kind of a reckoning
1:17.9	and the longer it takes, sometimes the worse it is. Streetwise, Walter Isaacson speaks to Lloyd
1:23.8	Blankfein, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, about his rise from the public housing projects
1:29.7	of New York to the top of the financial industry.
1:33.2	But why he believes the next economic crisis is coming. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christianamanpur in London.
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