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Impasse with Iran

The Warcast
May 11, 2022

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Episode Notes:

With negotiations to revive the Iran nuclear deal suspended, experts warn that Iran is now “a week or two away” from having enough uranium fuel to make a bomb.

To discuss this with us, we’re joined by Eric Brewer. Eric is a senior director for the Nuclear Threat Initiative’s Nuclear Materials Security Program. He was previously a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the director for counterproliferation at the National Security Council.

[ 0:47 ] The status of the talks

[ 2:07 ] What are the stakes?

[ 3:36 ] How close is Iran?

[ 5:37 ] Islamic Revolutionary Guard Core issue

[ 8:36 ] Russia’s role

[ 11:04 ] What happens next?