Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrive for talks with Trump officials in Switzerland, June 21, 2026
EA on International Media: US-Iran Talks — J.D. Vance “Tries to Put Lipstick on a Pig”
I joined Pakistan TV’s Sana Maqbool on Monday for a detailed discussion of the “limbo” in talks to end the US War on Iran.
I explain how the Trump Administration, having committed itself to a Memorandum of Understanding based largely on Iranian terms, is scrambling over the implementation.
I consider how the Trump camp is distorting the Memorandum in public statements and keeping quiet about its immediate concessions, including the unfreezing of some Iranian assets and sanctions waivers on Tehran’s oil and petrochemicals until August 21.
I focus on how Washington is trying to escape Iran’s leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, hoping — but not yet completing — an arrangement to bypass Tehran’s control.
And I look at the destabilizing effect of Israel’s military operations for an occupation of southern Lebanon.
Watch from 7:53:
