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Trump’s Iran deal: the art of the fail? – The Latest

6/18/202613 min

Donald Trump is claiming his Iran peace plan is a victory for Washington, despite the 14-point agreement revealing significant concessions to Tehran. Under the deal, Iran will reopen the strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief and the release of frozen assets, while talks will continue over the fate of Iran’s nuclear programme. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to the Guardian diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Clips

Trump Drops Uranium Red Lines
Admitting Near World Recession
Versailles Signing ‘Historic Ignorance’
Strait of Hormuz Litmus Test
Inside Iran’s Muted Triumph

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First 90 seconds

  1. Nosheen Iqbal· Host0:00

    This is The Guardian.

  2. Patrick Wintour· Guest0:01

    [electronic tone] You can see America giving ground, red lines disappearing in the dust every time Trump spoke.

  3. Donald Trump· Soundbite0:17

    We have taken their money. It's not our money, it's their money, and we froze it. At a certain point in time, I guess we're gonna have to give it back.

  4. Patrick Wintour· Guest0:27

    There was a lot of admissions in there about how he had no option but to pull back. In terms of what was achieved in this specific war, very, very little indeed.

  5. Nosheen Iqbal· Host0:36

    From The Guardian's Today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Noshi Nickalm. Patrick Winter, welcome back to The Latest.

  6. Patrick Wintour· Guest0:46

    Thank you.

  7. Nosheen Iqbal· Host0:47

    You're The Guardian's diplomatic editor, and you're here to talk us through the deal that US has struck with Iran, uh, signed, uh, in very sort of glitzy fashion by Trump at the Palace of Versailles off the back of the G7 Summit, which is an interesting choice.

  8. Patrick Wintour· Guest1:03

    Yes, it is. I mean, I think only a man of total historical ignorance, which, i.e. Donald Trump, would agree to, um, sign a document like this in Versailles, because Versailles is, um, a sort of byword for national humiliation for the Germans after the, uh, First World War. Um, and I'm sure that, um, it was also a moment of triumph for the French, and I'm sure that the French President

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