S8 Ep669: 1. Pakistan Acts as Intermediary in Ongoing Iran-Israel Conflict GUEST: Bill Roggio, Ambassador Husain Haqqani SUMMARY: Pakistan acts as a conduit for messages between Washington and Tehran. While communication exists, neither side has offered a second ne
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
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1. Pakistan Acts as Intermediary in Ongoing Iran-Israel Conflict GUEST: Bill Roggio, Ambassador Husain Haqqani SUMMARY: Pakistan acts as a conduit for messages between Washington and Tehran. While communication exists, neither side has offered a second negotiating position, and Iran continues to demonstrate strategic control over the Strait of Hormuz.,, John Batchelor and his guests discuss the stagnant global situation, noting that while missiles fly in the Iranwar and a Russian tanker heads for Cuba, Pakistan remains a key intermediary. Ambassador Haqqani explains that Pakistan’s relationships with both the U.S. and Iran allow for message delivery, though Iran has not formally accepted a mediation role. Bill Roggio notes that Iran is showing its control by selectively allowing ships through the Strait of Hormuz, while the Trumpadministration faces mounting domestic disapproval and a 60-day War Powers Act deadline. (1)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Batchelor. I welcome my colleague, Bill Rajo, the senior fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy. |
| 0:23.5 | He keeps a long-word journal with his colleagues. |
| 0:26.6 | And Ambassador Hussain O'Connor, former Pakistan ambassador to the United States, now a senior |
| 0:32.0 | fellow at the Hudson Institute. |
| 0:33.6 | Gentlemen, since last we spoke, everything's happened and there's been no change simultaneously. |
| 0:40.1 | I note that the missile attacks from all quarters continue in the Iran war. In the Ukraine |
| 0:47.2 | war, there's no resolution, but Mr. Zelensky and his aides are either seeking support or giving |
| 0:54.0 | support to the Gulf countries. That is |
| 0:56.1 | fresh, especially about drone warfare. In the Americas, a tanker filled with petrol or diesel |
| 1:05.6 | or fuel oil, it's undetermined. Anyway, it's full and it's sailing from the Russian Federation |
| 1:12.3 | to Cuba, and we're told in these last hours that the White House, which is proving exceedingly |
| 1:19.3 | uncertain and unreliable of all information from the White House, but I repeat it, has said that |
| 1:25.5 | it reverses its course and will now permit the tanker to go through |
| 1:30.1 | the blockade or the embargo or the encircling of Cuba by American forces. |
| 1:37.4 | In the Middle East, we also have a major operation underway in Lebanon. |
| 1:42.1 | The IDF has launched against Hezbollah. |
| 1:44.3 | Gaza is uncertain. |
| 1:46.2 | There's terrorist activity in West Africa. |
| 1:48.4 | In other words, the world has not changed since a week, and everything's changed. |
| 1:53.1 | Gentlemen, I begin with these headlines, especially the one about the president saying, |
| 1:59.8 | Trump hails progress on Iran deal, but threatens huge |
| 2:02.9 | attack on infrastructure. |
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