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Ex-Nuclear Negotiator on U.S.-Iran Talks, Abraham Accords & Trump's Threat to Blow Up Oman

2026-05-28 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Nearly two months after the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire, are the two sides any closer to a lasting peace deal? We speak with Robert Malley, the Middle East program director at the International Crisis Group, who worked in multiple Democratic administrations and helped negotiate the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal with Iran. He says Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of that deal in 2018 "was a completely reckless and absurd one," with the Trump administration renegotiating many of the same issues, as well as pushing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran did not previously control. "We should never have been in the position we're in now." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@irvingkurlinski 2026-05-28

Remember, Netanyahu is running things to stay out of jail. Trump hasn't the brains of a goat, but tries to.

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@loisk6186 2026-05-28

Trump is and always was a bully. That's all you need to know to understand him.

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@mentalshitness3538 2026-05-28

His entire foreign policy is a complete disaster. Thanks MAGA

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@JessicaFuLyn 2026-05-28

AMERICANS GOVERNMENTS HAS NO RIGHTS TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS. IRAN IS THE ONE WHO CAN DECIDE, WHAT THEY WANT. IRAN DID NOT ATTACK USA AND DID NOT KILL AMERICANS INNOCENT PEOPLE. AMERICANS GOVERNMENTS AND TERRORIST ISRAEL JEWS KILLED & STILL KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE IN MUSLIMS COUNTRIES. WHAT WORNG WITH YOU PEOPLE WORLD ??NO ONE IS DEMANDING FOR NETANYAHU'S ARREST ?? WHY ??

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@sam70000 2026-05-28

Threatening to blow up an ally is exactly like telling the rest of allies to go look for another country to form alliance with

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@frances-l3f 2026-05-28

Jared, programmed like a Mossad agent, is the architect of the Abraham Accords as well as the executive of the Board of Erasure.

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@christophercotter4542 2026-05-28

Wow ! 😢

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@RonaldEllenburg 2026-05-28

Thank you guys for always simply presenting both sides of the important issues at hand , allowing viewers to weigh the information themselves......and thats important to me. Keep up the noble work you faithfully do . rn

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@jorgejohnson451 2026-05-28

How are non-government actors negotiating on behalf of the United States government? What is the State Department doing?

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@AkkuGujjer 2026-05-28

Great work as always ❤

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