# Ceasefire in Iran Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427/ceasefire-in-iran Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427/ceasefire-in-iran.md Podcast: [Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427) Published: 2026-04-10T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ecfr/episodes/ceasefire-in-iran Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65b12b49ff5af10016347961/e/69d76eba47ecb945c27a36d1/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427/episodes/ceasefire-in-iran Duration seconds: 1943 ## Resource For the last few days, a set of pronouncements from the White House have filled the news regarding the war in Iran. President Donald Trump has gone from threatening to destroy an entire civilisation to negotiating a ceasefire between Washington and Tehran, led by Pakistan.  This week,  Mark Leonard  is joined by  Aslı Aydıntaşbaş , senior associate fellow at ECFR and research fellow at the Brookings Institution, to discuss the current state of play. What does the ceasefire mean for the future of the Middle East and for American foreign policy? How will it impact Europe, and global security more generally? And will Trump make good on his threat to withdraw from NATO?  This podcast was recorded on April 9th, 2026. Bookshelf: Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427/episodes/ceasefire-in-iran/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-leonard-s-world-in-30-minutes-162427/ceasefire-in-iran.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.