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Will The Gulf Survive, And How? (S01E50)
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, Istanbul
After weeks of spewing venom at Iran through various surrogates, United Arab Emirates deputy prime minister Mansour bin Zayed picked up the phone Wednesday and rang up Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Iran’s speaker of the parliament and a major power broker in Tehran. During the call, the two “discussed regional developments and ways to de-escalate tensions in the region.”
This followed the weeks-long war that pitted the US and Israel against Islamic Republic but drew in the Gulf states, which came under fire from Iran. The call showed that despite the animosity…
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