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We have lost our trust to the United States as a negotiating partner.

Is Iran on the cusp of a deal with the U.S. or will Washington strike Tehran as its supreme leader warns

of war if attacked. Historian Abbas Melani joins me.

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Cuba on the brink. Trump threatens its reeling economy with an oil blockade.

Patrick Gottman reports on how it's affecting ordinary Cubans and analysis from

an expert. Plus, they've built a very sustainable, very durable movement that will frankly

outlast Donald Trump.

What MAGA can teach Democrats, New Yorker reporter Charles Duhigg tells Michelle Martin.

Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Bianago-Ladrigo in New York, sitting in for Christian Amunpur.

Will the U.S. strike Iran or make a deal? That is the key question as the U.S. continues to build up its military presence in the region.

Diplomatic efforts are also ramping up with senior Iranians and U.S. officials potentially meeting in the coming days.

This after, Supreme Leader Ali Khomeini's warning that if America attacks, it could spark a regional war.

Here's what President Trump said in response to that.

Why wouldn't he say that? Of course you can say that.

But we have the biggest most powerful ships in the world over there, very close, a couple of days, and hopefully we'll make a deal. If we don't make a deal, then we'll find out whether or not he was right.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbasarakshi wrote on Telegram, quote, Tehran is ready for diplomacy.

But Iran is insisting on focusing talks on its nuclear program while Washington is pushing for limits on developing ballistic missiles. So can a deal even be reached? Correspondent

Fred Plitkin sat down with the Iranian Foreign Minister in Tehran to understand

Iran's expectations from the U.S. and get his reaction to the prospect of a conflict.

So I'm not concerned about war. What I'm concerned of is miscalculations. And I think

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