Iran Risks War For ‘Hollow’ Nuclear Program (S01E11)

badlands podcast by borzou daragahi · Feb 26, 2026 · 3m

(Video: I appeared as a guest today morning on India’s Southera Network, a newly launched digital first channel.)

Thursday, February 26, 2026, Paris

Iran and the US held another round of talks in Geneva today in an attempt to avert a war that neither of them want but both are preparing to fight.

Iran said it had given the US the written proposal Washington had requested. The Iranian position is fairly clear. Tehran is willing to tolerate severe limits on or even a suspension of its enrichment of uranium in exchange for sanctions relief, but won’t even discuss its nuclear program or its…