The Empire Backs Down, For Now

So as things stand right now this certainly looks…

An episode of the JOHNSTONE podcast, hosted by Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley, titled "The Empire Backs Down, For Now" was published on April 8, 2026 and runs 5 minutes.

April 8, 2026 ·5m · JOHNSTONE

Summary

So as things stand right now this certainly looks like a humiliating defeat for the empire. Iran gets a lot of things it didn't have before the war, including tolling the Strait of Hormuz and relief from the US sanctions that have been crushing its economy for years, while the empire gets to resume its shipping for a hefty fee and pretend it just rescued the world from a nuclear Iran. Quite the turnaround from a White House that just last month was saying "There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" Reading by Tim Foley.

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