Will The US Attack Iran?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Today, we discuss the indirect US-Iran talks happening in Geneva.
The talks are happening against a backdrop of increased tensions between the two countries, with the US sending what Trump calls an ‘armada’ to the region. President Trump has threatened to strike Iran if a nuclear deal isn’t agreed during the talks.
We also discuss President Trump’s State of the Union speech, happening a time where many Americans are feeling frustrated about the cost of living, and off the back of the supreme court striking down his tariff policy.
Adam discusses all with economics editor Faisal Islam, chief North America correspondent Gary O’Donoghue and Panorama filmmaker Jane Corbin.
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| 2:01.3 | Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. Hello, it's Faisal in the newscast studio. Also joining us is filmmaker extraordinaire. Jane Corbyn, welcome back. Thank you. And hello. And also in our Washington studio is our chief North America correspondent Gary O'Donoghue. Hi, Gary. Hi, Adam. Hi. Right. We are parking British domestic politics and focusing on big international stories around the world. And the first thing we're going to look at is these negotiations underway in Geneva right now. Well, we think they might have actually paused while we're recording them between the US and Iran. Although first of all, Gary, these are not negotiations where they're all sat around a table, though these indirect talks, aren't they, where they're all in different rooms? |
| 2:04.8 | That's right. And the Omanis are the intermediaries in these negotiations. So you've got |
| 2:09.7 | Jared Kushner and Steve Whitkoff from the US side. You've got the Omanis and then you've got |
| 2:14.6 | the Iranian Foreign Minister. And they've been |
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