# Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/former-french-prime-minister-dominique-de-villepin Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/former-french-prime-minister-dominique-de-villepin.md Podcast: [Amanpour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408) Published: 2026-06-11T19:17:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2501704645.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2501704645.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amanpour-808408/episodes/former-french-prime-minister-dominique-de-villepin Duration seconds: 3366 ## Resource President Trump says the US will hit Iran "very hard tonight" and is again threatening to take control of Kharg Island, the hub that handles most of Iran's oil exports. The threat comes just days before G7 leaders will meet in France. In advance of that summit, Christiane spoke with Dominique de Villepin, France's former Foreign Minister, Prime Minister and a potential contender in next year's presidential election. Also on today's show: tennis legends Martina Navratilova & Chris Evert; Byron Allen, host of "Comics Unleashed" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amanpour-808408/episodes/former-french-prime-minister-dominique-de-villepin/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/former-french-prime-minister-dominique-de-villepin.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.