# How Everyone Got Iran Wrong

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Podcast: [What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-really-matters-with-walter-russell-mead-6447442)
Published: 2026-03-28T14:07:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the other strait Iran is threatening to close, the Trump administration's interest in Ukrainian territorial concessions, rumors of increasing US troop deployments to the Middle East, and how the doves and the hawks both got Iran wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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