I'm John Bachelor, Bill Rajo, my colleague and co-host, and we're very pleased to welcome after several

weeks of not having a happy conversation with Jonathan Saya, a research fellow at the Foundation

for Defense of Democracies. He is our reporter on Iran, not only the Iranian aggression in the region

and against the United States and against the world

by threatening the Strait of Hormuz consistently so much that the world's economy now is frozen,

asking which way do we go? But also for the people of Tehran, I mentioned in the first weeks of the conflict,

the bombing. One of the

anecdotes that I enjoyed most asking Jonathan about was after the bombing ended, people in Tehran

felt that they wasn't aimed at them because they were opponents of the regime. But there was a rush

for sweet cookies or sweet cakes all over Tehran.

That was the way human beings reacted to hearing the bombs blast and knowing there was a

conflict around them that wasn't necessarily threatening, but it was their country.

You eat sweets.

So we begin now with the headlines from Europe and ask Jonathan what it means.

This is a report that includes a report from Tehran, a report from Beirut, and a report from London, and a report from Washington.

All those are combined in this report.

U.S. and Iran launched fresh strikes,

writes F.T. As peace efforts continue, Washington and Tehran are still trying to formalize a ceasefire.

We're told very little, but we are told that Iran has attacked a U.S. military base in Kuwait

in response to American strikes against military targets in southern Iran.

Jonathan, welcome back. This does not sound like a ceasefire, nor does it sound like a search for

a truth nor peace. It feels like both sides are picking their targets and asking the other

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