Stuck in the Middle East with You: What does Iran want?

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

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🗓️ 3 November 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Questions over Iran’s involvement in the Israel-Hamas conflict have run rampant since the terrorist attacks of October. How would the nation benefit from chaos in the Middle East and what would it take for Iran to join the war? Today in The Bunker, Alex Andreou sits down with Dr Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, to ask: what does Iran want? “Iran is not a natural partner with Hamas, they have significant religious differences.” – Dr Sanam Vakil “There is a concern that escalation can come not because of choice but because of mistakes." – Dr Sanam Vakil “Iran is exploiting deep divisions between the global north and south over this war.” – Dr Sanam Vakil www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producers: Liam Tait and Eliza Davis Beard. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.2	Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria. So goes the famous
1:21.3	Kissinger 1970s aphorism.
1:24.0	But 50 years on, many believe you can't make either peace or war without Iran.
1:30.0	When the 7th of October attack occurred many spoke confidently of Iran's involvement
1:35.4	and there is little doubt that Iran supports Hamas financially in terms of arms
1:40.1	but developments in the last three weeks have thrown doubt on that initial knee-jerk assessment of direct involvement in the planning and execution of the attack.
1:49.0	Because the question remains what it has been for many years now.
1:54.0	What does Iran hope to get out of this?
1:57.2	That question invites tantalizingly simple answers,
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