Iran closed the Strait, Netanyahu ordered a ceasefire, and Araghchi boarded a plane to Zurich.

Miad Maleki grew up in Iran, ran sanctions at OFAC, and still thinks the regime falls from within before any deal saves it.

He says that every time Iran runs a hostage play it works, and signing the MOU just confirmed it works again.

His hot take: the Strait closure doesn't hurt America. It hurts China, India, Japan, Iran's own customers.

By the end we were watching Netanyahu confirm the ceasefire live

One conversation, the entire arc of the war compressed into an hour

Thank you @miadmaleki for having this conversation