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May 12, 2026 8:00 AM

Tehran University professor Foad Izadi explains what that silence produced, and what comes next.

"What would you do? You would use all the leverage that you have to make sure that Trump doesn't get a success."

Iran offered a huge deal in 2003, put everything on the table, and got bombed anyway. You can be sure the new Ayatollah isn't making that offer again.

@IzadiFoad

01:33 - Iran’s position on controlling the Strait of Hormuz

02:26 - Iran’s wartime losses and use of leverage

05:51 - Reparations, sanctions, and international popularity

07:24 - Iran’s view of international law after the war

08:52 - UAE ties with Israel and Iran’s justification for strikes

10:59 - Israeli companies in the UAE before the war

11:45 - Why Iran used mass missile and drone attacks

14:47 - Why Iran continues targeting UAE-linked assets

15:46 - Iran’s ranking of regional countries involved in the war

17:14 - Alternative routes to the Strait of Hormuz

19:49 - Blockade, ceasefire, and diplomacy

24:09 - Iran’s postwar ideology and foreign policy

27:46 - Reformists, the 2015 nuclear deal, and its aftermath

32:30 - Iran’s past “grand bargain” offer to the U.S.

42:41 - Prediction that postwar Iran will become more aggressive

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