Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.

The blockade is genius, okay? The blockade has been 100% foolproof.

Trump digs in for an extended blockade on Iran as the United Arab Emirates shocks the world by quitting OPEC.

I look at big changes in the Persian Gulf with the Iranian Middle East expert Hassan Ahmadian.

Then?

Knowing that time is finite, has been a great motivator in my life?

Kara Swisher wants to live forever.

But is that really a good idea?

The award-winning journalist cuts through the hype of longevity and anti-aging.

The war is being framed as a holy war, as a religious war, and that's the wrong frame.

How the Trump administration invokes Christianity to justify its war on Iran.

Michel Martin speaks with former Bush speechwriter Peter Weiner. Welcome to the program, everyone.

I'm Christiana Manpur in London.

At the heart of the current standoff in Iran is the classic question.

Who has the watch and who has the time?

Donald Trump bets that extending his blockade will break Iran's economy

and drive negotiators back to the table, while Iran's leaders believe choking off the

strait of hormones gives them the ultimate leverage over the global economy, as gas and

oil prices spike and Trump's approval ratings hit new lows.

Meanwhile, threats of renewed military aggression are growing,

a senior Iranian military official is taunting the White House,

saying, we have already seen what happened to your bases in the region.

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