# Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign Nato-style pact as Iran isolated Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-sign-nato-style-pact-as-iran-isolated Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-sign-nato-style-pact-as-iran-isolated.md Podcast: [Iran: The Latest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846) Published: 2026-08-07T16:24:41+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/battle-lines-israel-gaza/episodes/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-sign-nato-style-pact-agains Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/e/6a760347237988582eab9e9c/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/iran-the-latest-6656846/episodes/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-sign-nato-style-pact-as-iran-isolated Duration seconds: 2579 ## Resource Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a historic trilateral defence agreement containing a Nato-style mutual assistance clause. As the Iranian threat - including from its proxies in Yemen and Iraq - grows, is this the future of security in the Middle East? On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Sophia Yan is joined by Miad Maleki, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former Pentagon lead sanctions architect. They discuss how much control Tehran still has over its proxies, growing internal dissent in Iran over the Strait of Hormuz deal, and whether Tehran is stringing out the war to avoid further protests.  Plus, how China enables Iran to bypass Western sanctions.  Highlights Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign Nato-style pact against Iran How China enables Iran to bypass Western sanctions CONTRIBUTORS: Sophia Yan, co-host and senior foreign correspondent @sophia_yan Miad Maleki, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies @miadmaleki WATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dk CONTENT REFERENCED: Iran considers banning US and Israeli ships from Strait of Hormuz https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/07/iran-considers-banning-us-israeli-ships-strait-of-hormuz/ Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026 Nominated Podcast of the Year - Society of Editors News Podcasts Awards 2026 Nominated Best News, Politics and Current Affairs - British Podcast Awards 2026 The Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026 Producer: Max Bower Video Producer: Peter Shevlin  Researcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh Studio Operator: Andy Watson Executive Producer: Venetia Rainey  ► Sign up… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/iran-the-latest-6656846/episodes/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-sign-nato-style-pact-as-iran-isolated/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-sign-nato-style-pact-as-iran-isolated.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.