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Iran says its nuclear programme is “not being negotiated at this stage.” Trump says a deal is close. And while the ceasefire technically holds, the Strait of Hormuz is becoming more dangerous by the day.

In Episode 72 of Epic Fury, we break down the growing contradiction at the center of the US-Iran negotiations, the attack on a French shipping giant’s vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran’s latest warning that countries complying with US sanctions could face difficulties transiting the waterway.

We examine:

• Iran publicly rejecting nuclear negotiations while reviewing the US framework proposal
• The demand for UN Security Council guarantees against future US or Israeli strikes
• The attack on the CMA CGM San Antonio and the escalating maritime security crisis
• France moving the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle toward the region
• Bahrain arresting forty-one people allegedly linked to the IRGC
• The first public statement on Khamenei’s health in seventy-two days
• Pakistan’s behind-the-scenes mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran
• Why the ceasefire is simultaneously holding and steadily becoming more fragile

This is Episode 72 of Epic Fury: The US-Iran War Podcast. The nuclear deal has stalled. Commercial shipping is still under threat. And the gap between Washington and Tehran may be wider now than at any point since the ceasefire began.