Stopping a Nuclear Iran
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this powerful opening hour of The Sean Hannity Show, Sean delivers a deep analysis of the escalating conflict with Iran and what he calls one of the most consequential national security moments of our time. Hannity outlines the results of the ongoing military campaign against Iran’s regime, including the destruction of key military assets, leadership targets, and thousands of strategic sites. Drawing on lessons from history—from World War II to the war on terror—Hannity argues that confronting threats early is essential to protecting future generations. He explains what the “Trump Doctrine” means in practice and why preventing a nuclear-armed Iran is, in his view, a moral and strategic imperative. Sean also tackles media criticism of the operation and challenges what he calls the political double standard in how military action is reported. Plus, Hannity previews upcoming conversations and breaks down the geopolitical implications of what could come next in the Middle East.
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| 0:14.4 | A lot of news developing as it relates to the president's successful campaign in against Iran um you know I had a conversation |
| 0:24.9 | with a friend last night somebody I don't talk to very often but is one of those friends that |
| 0:29.0 | when you pick up the phone you start conversing and you just pick up where you left off and I'm |
| 0:34.6 | sure everybody has friends like that even you Linda do you have friendly friends I'm sure you have friends like that. Even you, Linda, do you have friendly friends? |
| 0:38.2 | I'm sure you have friends like that. I have one friend. Thanks for asking. This my opinion you have |
| 0:46.0 | of me. Is that Anthony? Yeah, that's my best friend. I can't believe you don't consider me a friend. |
| 0:51.8 | I mean, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's you talk to me every day. You said it has to be a person you don't talk to. I actually |
| 0:57.6 | just texted a girlfriend from high school the other day and I said, how are you? How are you? How are you? Good to talk to you. I haven't talked to her in ages. She's a good egg. I was talking to this friend last night. He's very insightful. |
| 1:07.6 | And he, at one point in life was in the news media. |
| 1:11.5 | He's out of it. |
| 1:13.0 | He's, he's a |
| 1:14.4 | strongest critic I know of it, especially now. And he just brought this up out of nowhere and it made |
| 1:20.4 | me think a lot. He goes, could you imagine if it was D-Day. |
| 1:30.8 | And on D-Day, when we slammed the beaches of Normandy, |
| 1:33.9 | remember we had Marty calling to this program for years, Marty. |
| 1:35.0 | I know. I mean, he lost an eye fighting for this country. |
| 1:37.2 | I mean, if you've ever seen the opening scene of the movie Private Ryan, |
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