{"podcast":{"title":"Truth Jihad Radio","slug":"truth-jihad-radio-4243549","podcast_index_feed_id":4243549,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/314817.rss","website_url":"https://kevinbarrett.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/314817/880035721da36c6080d1f00d1c5137d8.jpg","author":"Kevin Barrett","episode_count":941,"summary":"Red-pill truths and interpretations \"they\" don't want you to know about.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T00:17:55.749379+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/truth-jihad-radio-4243549"},"episode":{"title":"Iran and the US: Closer to War or a Deal?","slug":"iran-and-the-us-closer-to-war-or-a-deal","published_at":"2026-02-17T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/truth-jihad-radio-4243549/iran-and-the-us-closer-to-war-or-a-deal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/truth-jihad-radio-4243549","url":"https://kevinbarrett.substack.com/p/iran-and-the-us-closer-to-war-or","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188237495/0a8057a91f6275cb8a83b115ac93d598.mp3","summary":"Rumble link Bitchute link FouaDebate YouTube link Foad: In the name of God, the compassionate and merciful, hello everybody, hope you are doing great. You’re watching FoaDebate. Over the past few weeks, the Middle East has witnessed a mix of intense tension and diplomatic movements. On one hand, indirect talks between Iran and the U.S. took place with both sides expressing willingness to continue the dialogue. On the other hand, the Trump administration has ramped up its maximum pressure campaign, sending naval forces to the region and threatening Iran. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was heeding to Washington to push Tel Aviv’s demands for including Iran’s missile program and regional activities in any potential agreement. In such a heated atmosphere, the key question is, are Tehran and Washington moving forward a new deal? Or is the region on the brink of a full-scale conflict? To explore this, I sit down with Dr. Kevin Barrett, a senior American journalist and well-known political analyst. Welcome back there, Kevin Barrett. Kevin Barrett: Thank you, Fouad. It’s good to be back with you. You’re welcome. As I said, over the past week, we have seen two conflicting signals from the U.S. On one hand, talks in Oman and Trump’s expressing satisfaction with them. and on the other hand, an escalation in military and economic pressure. How do you interpret this duality? Well, I think that Trump is basically conditioned by his history as a kind of a, let’s face it, a somewhat corrupt businessman and indeed a money launderer for organized crime who built up hotel chains and casinos and so on, and took a kind of a bullying approach to business negotiations. He would threaten people and pressure them and try to get the upper hand over them and then try to com…","meta_description":"Rumble link Bitchute link FouaDebate YouTube link Foad: In the name of God, the compassionate and merciful, hello everybody, hope you are doing great. You…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":972,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/truth-jihad-radio-4243549/episodes/iran-and-the-us-closer-to-war-or-a-deal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/truth-jihad-radio-4243549/iran-and-the-us-closer-to-war-or-a-deal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}