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Is the US-Iran war on the brink of fully restarting? On part two of today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Roland Oliphant speaks to Hamidreza Azizi, senior Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group, to unpack why a return to full-scale regional conflict looks increasingly inevitable. He explains why despite ongoing peace talks, Iran’s regime is betting it can outlast Trump or force the US into a strategic trap ahead of the November midterms. They also discuss why the US may be tempted to launch a symbolic strike on Fordow and Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facilities and the regime’s increasingly unified hardline front after the assassination of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Hamidreza lays out how the mistrust on the Iranian side is “so deep that it has reached the level of paranoia” and that the current situation means the region may end up in an even bigger war. CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - US Forces End 20-Year Deployment in Iraq & Hormuz Tanker Strike Update 00:01:35 - Iran Receives US Feedback on 7-Day Peace Plan via Qatari Mediators 00:02:33 - Civil Defense Wartime Drills & Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Leadership Cuts 00:04:25 - Iran’s Perspective: Is Return to Full-Scale War Inevitable? 00:07:06 - Inside Iran’s Fast-Track Peace Proposal: MoU Terms & Zero Concessions 00:12:18 - Regime Unity vs. Divisions: Hardliners, Pragmatists & IRGC Leadership 00:18:28 - Two Escalation Scenarios: Pre-Midterm Strikes on Nuclear Sites vs. Post-Election War 00:23:16 - Threat to European Bases & Expanding War Beyond the Middle East 00:28:01 - Sanctions Impact & Domestic Discontent: Inflation, Strikes, and Protests inside Iran 00:32:04 - Can Iran Outlast the US Blockade? Sustainability of the Hormuz Crisis CONTRIBUTORS: Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant Hamidreza Azizi, senior Iran analyst International Crisis Group @HamidRezaAz WATCH PART 1 ABOUT THE ISRAEL PLANE HIJACK ATTACK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dk Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026 Nominated Podcast of the Year - Society of Editors News Podcasts Awards 2026 Nominated Best News, Politics and Current Affairs - British Podcast Awards 2026 The Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026 Producers: Peter Shevlin and Max Bower Researcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh Studio Operator: Andy Watson Executive Producer: Venetia Rainey ► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor ► EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk ► GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran-war/ #Iran #USA #MiddleEast #USIranWar #Geopolitics #IranTheLatest #BreakingNews