PodParley PodParley
Iran: The Latest cover art

All Episodes

Iran: The Latest — 281 episodes

#
Title
1

Is the Iran war over or is the US just reloading?

2

Trump’s Iran ceasefire on brink of collapse & how Ukraine is helping the Gulf

3

The holes in Trump's Iran ceasefire: Israel, Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz

4

Trump's Iran deal deadline: ‘A whole civilisation will die tonight’

5

Inside the 'Easter Miracle': How the US rescued two airmen from Iran

6

‘Iran thinks it’s still a great power’: Why the regime won’t surrender

7

'We’ve trained for this': How US Marines could seize Iran’s uranium and open the Strait of Hormuz

8

Iran's 'zombie regime' & UAE ‘to help force open’ Strait of Hormuz

9

One month of Iran-US war: Assassinations, missiles and the Strait of Hormuz

10

Iran vows to ‘rain fire’ on US troops, the Houthi ‘nightmare’ & on the ground in Tehran

11

‘A full spectrum crisis’: how the Iran war went global

12

Iran navy chief killed & why the war 'was based on a lie'

13

Delay tactic? Trump deploys paratroopers as he outlines Iran peace plan

14

‘Iran thinks it’s winning’: can US peace talks in Pakistan really end the war?

15

‘A forever mission': US colonel on Trump's Strait of Hormuz quagmire

16

US sends Marines to Strait of Hormuz & why Iran can still fire missiles

17

‘Drunk on assassinations’: What is Israel’s Iran war strategy?

18

America’s biggest mistake in the Iran war so far

19

‘Huge void’ in Iran regime after security chief 'assassinated'

20

Exclusive: Why Iran's new leader survived & how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

21

Two weeks in: A US Marine on Iran’s plan to win

22

‘Strategically appalling’: Britain’s greatest military expert on Trump’s Iran war

23

'I hate Trump but I support his war': why some Iranians celebrate this conflict

24

World War 3? How Russia and China could be dragged into the Iran conflict

25

Why Iran's new supreme leader could intensify the war

26

Shock and awe but no regime change: one week of Trump’s Iran war

27

How the Iran war was years in the planning

28

Is Europe being dragged into Trump’s Iran war?

29

US obliterates Iranian navy, exclusive Trump chat & voices from inside Tehran

30

Iran bombs entire Middle East after Ayatollah Khamenei assassinated by Israel and US

31

Trump attacks Iran with 'major combat operations' to oust regime - what next?

32

Cuba 'very close' to regime change: John Bolton on Trump, Venezuela and Iran

33

Drugs, HIV and gangs: the Pacific island paradise hit by a triple epidemic

34

The 'super secret' Chagos island airbase at heart of Trump-Starmer row

35

Trump’s Iran plan: 'kick the door in' and hit the regime where it hurts

36

Frog poison, tear gas and Novichok: Inside Russia’s chemical weapons programme

37

North Korea 'names' 13-year-old nuclear heiress & inside Europe’s race to rearm

38

Vance’s ‘Enemy Within’: How the US shocked Europe into rearmament

39

Trump’s 9 million death gamble: One year since he axed USAID

40

Project Vault: Trump's battle to break China’s critical mineral stranglehold

41

'Copy Ukraine's defence model and reduce China dependency to survive'

42

'No limits': Russia, China and US enter new nuclear arms race

43

Trump masses 'large armada' to force Iran into nuclear deal

44

Nuclear secrets leak or paranoia? Why Xi really purged China’s top general

45

Trump's Board of Peace signals a new world order. Gaza is its first test

46

America's Kurdish betrayal: has ISIS been given a second chance?

47

'The old world order is dead': Trump, Canada and the battle for the West

48

China’s sham election: Why Beijing is propping up Myanmar’s brutal junta

49

'Trump is damaging Nato': ex-commander speaks out on Greenland threats

50

Trump wants to conquer Greenland. This is how Europe can stop him

51

Iran ‘shooting to kill’: doctors fight back as Trump weighs intervention

52

Why Iran's regime is not finished (yet) and why Trump can't help

53

A US general on Trump, Greenland and Nato in crisis

54

How to deal with Trump, China and debt: the African country getting it right

55

Trump's Venezuela gamble: Why China, Russia and Iran just lost their foothold in Latin America

56

Trump captures Maduro and takes over Venezuela: 'Welcome to 2026, America is back'

57

Wargaming WW3: how and where the next global conflict could actually unfold

58

Bird-flu, nukes and asteroids: what 2026 might have in store

59

US vs China vs Europe: the race to build the fighter jet of the future

60

No limits partnership: Why 2025 was China and Russia's year

61

Photographing war, disease and nuclear accidents with Simon Townsley

62

From Afghanistan to Everest: the double-amputee Gurkha veteran who made history

63

‘Russia-Ukraine deal impossible while Putin is alive’: ex-UK ambassador to Moscow

64

Inside Sin City: Chinese gangs, scam centres and people trafficking

65

'The frontline is everywhere': 10 surprising conflict hotspots for 2026

66

The ex-Royal Marine Commando kicking Britain's armed forces into shape

67

'I fought the Taliban, now we have tea’: Maj Gen Cowan on landmines, aid and Ukraine

68

More Russia, less China and no Europe: Trump’s new security strategy unveiled

69

Why can't Britain build a decent tank?

70

Terror insurgency or Christian genocide? Inside Nigeria’s security crisis

71

Europe is mobilising to face Russia. Is the UK falling behind?

72

Inside Ukraine-Russia talks: Britain's Kissinger, Putin's enforcer and Trump's envoy

73

Why cutting aid to buy bombs is making us less safe

74

China bosses vanishing as Xi Jinping’s childhood traumas trigger Mao style purge

75

Nato is running out of TNT. How did we fall behind Russia and China?

76

Indiscriminate weapons: how wars became so deadly for civilians

77

Biggest US military buildup since Cuban Missile Crisis puts Latin America on edge

78

Trump and the ex-terrorist: why the West needs Syria to work

79

Inside the bloody work of tracking war crimes from space

80

'Worse than war with Israel': Why Iran's regime is on edge

81

Germany is finally rearming against Russia. Can it go fast enough?

82

Why Ukraine's troops are facing an amputation crisis

83

Is the US losing the Pacific to China?

84

How a Middle Eastern superpower is fuelling the Sudan war

85

The battle to make Gaza healthy again

86

Conquering the Arctic: How China and Russia are joining forces

87

Is Trump about to invade Venezuela?

88

How AI is supercharging bioweapons

89

China just proved it can cripple the US military in days. Now Trump is furious

90

I hunted Russian submarines: this is how to beat Putin's navy

91

Could war spark the next pandemic?

92

I caught Chinese spies: Trump's FBI forced me out

93

Could Britain survive a Russia-style drone onslaught?

94

Inside Gaza City: How Hamas Survived and What Next

95

Battleships, boot camps and 'the enemy within': Trump and Hegseth's war on the US military

96

'This is not a genocide': ex-Israeli military lawyer explains why the UN is wrong

97

The Rise and Fall of the 'Trump of the Tropics' & Moldova's existential election

98

Why the UN is in crisis, plus the death of the two-state solution

99

Why Trump supporters are predicting an English civil war

100

Why the UN thinks Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

101

'This will escalate': What next after Charlie Kirk's assassination

102

A day at UK’s largest arms fair, plus Qatar and Poland attacks

103

Kim Jong Un: the underestimated dictator and his teen protege

104

'A mole blew our CIA cover': The spy couple who found love on the frontline

105

Axis of upheaval: Inside China's military parade with Russia, North Korea and Iran

106

The battle for Darfur + Chinese weapons in Sudan

107

Famine denials, dead journalists and disinformation: the war on truth in Israel

108

‘We can’t future-proof our defence, but we can be future-ready’

109

Did Trump really stop six wars?

110

Remembering WWII's 'forgotten army': VJ Day

111

What Ukrainians want from Trump and Putin's meeting

112

Frenemy: why Australia can't live without China

113

How Putin, Xi and Trump sparked a new nuclear arms race

114

Israel's growing isolation - and why it benefits Hamas

115

China’s military (3/3): Why, when and how it might invade Taiwan

116

China’s military (2/3): Its three major flaws and how Xi is trying to fix them

117

China's military (1/3): How it went from obsolete to world-class

118

Why Gaza is starving, plus Thailand-Cambodia conflict explained

119

War with China: Inside Taiwan's biggest ever drills

120

'If it flies it dies': Why America's ever-evolving Patriot missiles are so popular

121

'Prepare for war with Russia by 2030': ex-army chief Gen Sir Patrick Sanders on Putin, Iran and troop cuts

122

You can't trust Putin or Trump': Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on Ukraine, Russia and chemical weapons

123

How Israel has reshaped the Middle East + Dalai Lama takes on China

124

Trump wants a new armada. Can America still build one?

125

Embed with UK's elite paratroopers on the Swedish island ready for war with Russia

126

Chinese naval drills put Indo-Pacific on edge plus inside Gaza's 'killing fields'

127

How Trump took us to the brink of World War 3 and back again

128

Inside Trump's Iran attack and why Tehran can still build a nuclear bomb

129

"A taste of their own medicine" - how Israel's neighbours look at its war with Iran

130

Is Trump about to topple the Iran regime?

131

The missile war: Iran's nuclear bunkers and Israeli air power

132

The battle for LA: How Donald Trump's Californian crackdown could define his presidency

133

Inside Hamas leader's secret Gaza tunnel & North Korea doubles nukes

134

Can the UK afford to defend itself from Russia?

135

Britain put on war footing

136

'Trump is enthralled by Putin' & farewell Elon Musk

137

Gardening in war

138

Inside Trump’s new Star Wars program, plus HIMARS dispatch

139

Israel's new offensive to seize "all" of Gaza

140

Has Trump brought peace to the Middle East?

141

Who won India and Pakistan's four-day war?

142

Trump edition: How MAGA Catholics won the White House

143

‘Russia is now but China is the long-term threat’ - reporter roundtable

144

How Trump changed the world in 100 days

145

Record global rearmament plus India-Pakistan war fears

146

Trump edition: Breaking the Pentagon

147

Who would win a war in space?

148

Trump edition: ‘This is Trump unleashed and unfiltered’

149

Spies, terrorists and state collusion: Investigating The Troubles

150

Will Trump attack Iran's nuclear sites?

151

Trump edition: Blowing up the global economy to take on China

152

Emily Thornberry: Trump's positives, sanctioning Israel and working with China

153

Khartoum recaptured plus inside the Gaza ambulance attack

154

Trump Edition: Why a third term is possible and the Chagos Islands deal

155

Australia boosts anti-China defences, plus inside Myanmar's rebel mountains

156

Trump edition: Annexing Greenland, Signal-gate and inside the battle for America’s foreign policy

157

How Erdogan broke Turkey's democracy

158

Trump edition: The Canadians fighting back against annexation

159

Why Israel has restarted the war with Hamas

160

US bombs Houthi leaders and South Sudan on brink of civil war

161

Trump Edition: Annexing Canada, negotiating with Russia and containing China

162

Exiled Crown Prince: ‘Iran is on the brink of a revolution’

163

Nukes, drones and aircraft carriers - inside Iran's military buildup

164

Trump edition: Why he hates Zelensky and loves Putin

165

Six steps for Britain to survive in Trump's new world order

166

Trump edition: 'Woke' Pentagon chiefs in firing line

167

What Britain learnt from the Ukraine war & Germany's east-west election divide

168

Trump edition: America's embrace of Russia and how to end a war

169

500 days of war: what has Israel achieved?

170

Trump Edition: Can Europe defend itself without America?

171

Musk and Trump’s war on ‘Marxist’ foreign aid

172

Trump Edition: US president unleashed on Gaza, tariffs and China

173

Iran's underground missile city masks a regime 'on brink of collapse'

174

Trump Edition: America's AI war with China & what his presidency means for Africa

175

Hunting Assad's henchmen in Syria and Congo's war for blood minerals

176

Trump Edition: American Emperor?

177

Trump's mission for Ukraine and Taiwan & fragile Israel-Gaza ceasefire 'holding'

178

Gaza ceasefire: How Hamas and Israel's worst war changed history

179

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on Syria’s new leader, Russia’s quick exit and chemical weapons

180

The biggest threats to Western security in 2025

181

Israel raids Gaza hospitals. Plus: inside a people-smuggling network

182

The art of the war memoir

183

The best war films of 2024

184

Why the Aztecs lost the war with the Spanish

185

Who was Napoleon's greatest general?

186

'I bought a drone and killed my boss - it was easy'

187

Why the Taliban won in Afghanistan

188

Inside Homs with Syria's White Helmets

189

A new dawn for Syria? Plus: Paul Conroy on reporting from Homs

190

Inside Russia's secret Libyan airbase

191

How Syria’s rebels launched a surprise offensive to retake Aleppo

192

The view from Kharkiv's frontline. Plus: Sudan’s war

193

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal - is Gaza next?

194

Two women's stories behind the war in Gaza

195

Why are foreign fighters joining Myanmar’s civil war?

196

Hezbollah's latest blow. Plus: Trump and China

197

What do Trump’s appointments tell us about his foreign policy agenda?

198

Why reporting the Lebanon war is harder than Iraq or Syria

199

Trump's new world order

200

Will Iran attack Israel again? Plus Beirut's community kitchen

201

Will the US election spark a civil war?

202

Israel strikes Iran, plus inside Gaza's hospitals

203

Putin's new world order

204

What next for Hamas after Sinwar's death

205

China's wargames, a royal trip to Sudan border

206

Hezbollah drone attack, UNIFIL-Israel row, Russia and Iran deepen ties

207

Israel expands offensive in Lebanon, is Israel nuclear?

208

Israel's Oasis of Peace one year later

209

October 7 one year on: Hostages' relative, ex-soldier and journalist reflect

210

Iran strikes Israel as the IDF invade Lebanon

211

What next for Lebanon after Nasrallah assassination?

212

Israel prepares for ground offensive in Lebanon

213

Why Israel attacked Hezbollah and what will happen next in Lebanon

214

The world's forgotten war: Sudan

215

In memory of David Knowles, creator of Battle Lines

216

Mass protests in Israel & what's behind the rise of the far-right in Germany

217

Naval lessons from the Black Sea & how China’s enormous new invasion mothership rewrites the rules of war

218

Israel's West Bank raid & Al Qaeda linked attack in Burkina Faso

219

Ceasefire deal looms over the DNC, Taliban soldiers long for war

220

How does climate change lead to violence?

221

Diplomatic efforts to avoid full-scale war in the Middle East, Ukraine's incursion into Russia

222

Israel prepares for Iranian strikes, France’s view of Britain’s riots & political turmoil in Bangladesh

223

Assassinations of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders rock the Middle East amid anarchy in Israel & Venezuela's disputed election

224

How tyrants fall

225

The future of the Israel-Gaza war & the geopolitics of the Olympic Games

226

How close is the world to nuclear war?

227

Political extremism in America, China's secret military base in Tajikistan

228

How to catch a Russian submarine

229

How will Labour govern, a look inside the NATO summit, shock French election

230

Chaos in an unprecedented US presidential race & the West Bank's medical crisis

231

Wikileaks' impact, China's crackdown in Tibet, Gaza update

232

Could Iran be due for yet another revolution?

233

Fareed Zakaria: Are we entering a new age of revolution?

234

Israel hostage rescue, far-right gains in EU election, judges resign in Hong Kong

235

What D-Day means for the future of international security

236

Labour's defence spending, devastating attacks in Rafah, South Africa goes to the polls

237

Anti-colonial riots in New Caledonia, humanitarian crisis in Sudan, oil rush in the South Pole

238

Assassination attempt on Slovakia's PM, Georgia protests controversial 'foreign agent' law

239

A war reporter reacts to the film 'Civil War'

240

Biden blocks weapons to Israel, the dire state of Iran's economy, war correspondent responds to Civil War film

241

Special report: What it’s like to be attacked by Beijing in the South China Sea, and why is China stockpiling gold?

242

"The Russians are definitely beatable, but it needs a coherent approach" : How to build an army in the 21st century

243

Will Israel invade Rafah and what's behind the protests in Georgia

244

The mood inside Iran as Israel plans retaliatory strike

245

Could Iran's strike on Israel lead to full-scale war in the Middle East?

246

Will Iran strike Israel, rebels winning war in Myanmar, NATO's Deputy Secretary General

247

Blood, chaos and suffering: Six month anniversary of the Israel-Gaza war

248

China's hacking campaign exposed, the Baltic states prepare for war & Tensions rise between Armenia and Azerbaijan

249

How would the EU react to a nuclear strike by Russia?

250

Famine in Gaza, Mongolia's valuable resources, Hong Kong's controversial new law

251

The war on Ecuador's gangs, famine in Sudan, captivity in Hamas' tunnels

252

Trump dominates Super Tuesday, Ramadan during war, chaos in Haiti

253

Israel ceasefire & a mother's dilemma over fleeing Gaza

254

The Kremlin's Cold War bid for global power

255

Invasion of Rafah, US push for ceasefire & two years of war in Ukraine

256

Pakistan's political turmoil & US plan for a Palestinian state

257

Inside the 'Oasis of Peace' in Israel

258

Israel rejects ceasefire, how Iranian drones changed warfare, and what's going wrong for China's economy

259

Israel wants security buffer zone in Gaza, Thai farmer taken hostage by Hamas, complexities of civil war in Sudan

260

Army chief says public face call-up if UK goes to war with Russia & hostage families protest in Israel

261

Iran & Pakistan trade airstrikes, Myanmar's civil war & who are the Houthis?

262

Blow to Beijing as Taiwan chooses candidate Xi fears the most

263

UK & US strike Houthi positions in Red Sea barrage and Ecuador in state of emergency after drug boss’s prison break

264

Drones, missiles and warships: the battle for the Red Sea

265

Israel continues Gaza assault, confrontation in the Red Sea & Taiwan goes to the polls

266

'The children ask me, Santa, are you coming, despite the war?'

267

'Christmas is officially cancelled in Bethlehem'

268

Israel attacks Khan Younis in the south & a dispatch from Gaza

269

'A nightmare I hope we can wake up from': A journalist from Gaza speaks out

270

'I want my baby back. I want my son back': Reflecting on a week of hostage releases

271

‘If the Middle East sneezes, Europe catches a cold': Interview with Lebanon's Minister for Foreign Affairs

272

'Torn between hope and fear': Israel's desperate families wait to hear if their loved ones are alive

273

Testimony of an October 7th survivor: ‘I knew at any second they might kill me’

274

Israel hunts for Hamas while Gaza's hospitals collapse

275

Israel 'cuts Gaza in two', disagreements with the UN & Gaza's hospitals on the brink

276

Urban warfare, the Merkava tank and taking the battle underground

277

Israeli troops push deep into Gaza & investigating Hamas' property portfolio

278

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the economic impact of the war in Israel and Gaza

279

'Gazans are living through a bombardment like they've never experienced before'

280

Watching unedited footage of Hamas atrocities, on the ground in the West Bank, and China's wave of anti-semitism

281

"The smell of bodies hangs in the air" - reporting on the ground in Israel