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Trump ‘weighing nuclear attack on Iran’ as peace deal expires

Trump ‘weighing nuclear attack on Iran’ as peace deal expires

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As the US-Iran ceasefire officially expires and the Strait of
Hormuz remains closed, is Donald Trump considering using nuclear
weapons to break the war stalemate?

On today’s episode of Iran: The Latest, Venetia Rainey and Roland
Oliphant discuss why US politician Marjorie Taylor Greene’s
bizarre nuclear claim may be less crazy than it first appears and
how an underground nuclear facility at Pickaxe Mountain could be
the potential target. They also look at the state of the war 60
days on from the ill-fated Memorandum of Understanding peace deal
and why Iran is more bullish than ever.

Meanwhile, US envoy Jared Kushner is in Israel to talk to
Benjamin Netanyahu about Trump’s Gaza peace deal after meeting
with Hamas’ leader in Egypt. Jerusalem correspondent Henry Bodkin
in the West Bank explains why and discusses his dispatch from the
West Bank amid a rise in military operations and settler
“terrorism”.

Plus, Iran’s missing pilots, the Houthis strike again in the Red
Sea and why the Iran war has prompted Trump to scale back key
US-South Korea military drills.

Highlights

US ‘weighing nuclear attack on Iran’, claims Marjorie Taylor
Greene

Why Trump has scaled back key US-South Korea military drills

CHAPTERS:

00:00:04 - Iran War 60-Day Peace Deal Deadline Expires

00:01:19 - Strait of Hormuz Transit Collapses Amid MoU Failure

00:05:42 - White House Contemplates Nuclear Options for Deep
Iranian Bunkers

00:10:05 - Special Forces Operation Options Considered for
Enriched Uranium

00:13:40 - US Pentagon Shifts Toward Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Strategy

00:15:38 - Trump Reduces Freedom Shield Joint Military Drills
with South Korea

00:19:22 - Iran Mystery Sukhoi Su-24 Air Strike on US Base in
Qatar

00:20:47 - Middle East Escalation: Kurdistan Drone Strikes &
Red Sea Attacks

00:24:47 - Jared Kushner & Tony Blair Lead Gaza
Decommissioning Peace Talks

00:30:45 - West Bank Dispatch: Settler Siege and IDF Refugee Camp
Raids

CONTRIBUTORS:

Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey

Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst
@RolandOliphant

Henry Bodkin, Jerusalem correspondent @HenryBodkin

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

The beaten and bruised ‘political pawns’ caught up in Israel’s
election

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/17/beaten-and-bruised-political-pawns-israeli-election/

Israeli settlers in West Bank siege are terrorists, US says

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/14/us-denounces-israeli-settlers-as-terrorists-west-bank-siege/

Israeli army surrounds last Christian town in West Bank

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/12/israeli-army-surrounds-last-christian-town-in-west-bank/

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

Audio Producer: Joleen Goffin

Video Producer: Max Bower and Elliott Daly

Researcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh

Studio Operator: Andy Watson

Executive Producer: Venetia Rainey

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