Iran’s Leaders Now Doubt a Peace Deal Is Possible
Foreign Affairs Iran’s Leaders Now Doubt a Peace Deal Is Possible What I’ve learned from speaking with Iranian officials and analysts. Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images Esfandyar Batmanghelidj Aug 3, 2026 12:05 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Last week, I was invited to join a program hosted by an independent Iranian media platform called Azad, which specializes in facilitating debates between policy experts in Iran and further abroad.
- ▪Foreign Affairs Iran’s Leaders Now Doubt a Peace Deal Is Possible What I’ve learned from speaking with Iranian officials and analysts.
- ▪Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images Esfandyar Batmanghelidj Aug 3, 2026 12:05 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player...
- ▪Last week, I was invited to join a program hosted by an independent Iranian media platform called Azad, which specializes in facilitating debates between policy experts in Iran and further abroad.
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Foreign Affairs Iran’s Leaders Now Doubt a Peace Deal Is Possible What I’ve learned from speaking with Iranian officials and analysts. Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images Esfandyar Batmanghelidj Aug 3, 2026 12:05 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Last week, I was invited to join a program hosted by an independent Iranian media platform called Azad, which specializes in facilitating debates between policy experts in Iran and further abroad. My debate was with Majid Shakeri, who gained prominence as a foreign policy advisor to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (the current speaker of the country’s parliament) during Ghalibaf’s most recent presidential campaign.
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