Quoted: Operation Epstein Fury Part 17. Fronts of the Iran War.
Zunes is quoted at length on Iran War developments in the Wyoming Star News, Aug. 28, 2026.
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Interview: Gaza peace plan: Netanyahu may use rejection to his political advantage, says analyst
CNA/Channel News Asia, Singapore television, August 10, 2026: Zunes’s analysis on Netanyahu’s rejection of the Trump-backed “peace plan” for Gaza on a Singapore news program this morning.
Interview: US-Iran War Updates
KPFA-FM News August 9, 2026, on the latest regarding the U.S. and Iran.
Interview: The Forever War with Iran Inflames other Regional Conflicts
WORT Radio, Madison, July 31, 2026: (53 mins.)
Interview: Operation Epstein Fury Part 15. Second Round. How and Why the MoU Died.
Wyoming Star, July 28, 2026: Zunes traced the roots of the current impasse back to Trump’s original strategic error: “Unlike the 2015 nuclear deal – which was extremely detailed, enforceable, and left no room for ambiguity – Trump’s Memorandum of…
Interview: Is Israel pushing Lebanon toward civil war? And how can the Lebanese thwart this scenario?
Alghad TV, July 9, 2026 (Zunes begins at 9 mins.): Does the Israeli withdrawal represent a tactical move tied to the battlefield, or does it pave the way for a broader political settlement? An analytical discussion with: Ibrahim Haidar, writer…
Book Review–America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region
Perspectives in Politics, June 26, 2026: of George Washington University Professor Marc Lynch’s excellent new book on U.S. Middle East Policy
Trump’s Deal with Iran is Good Enough
The Progressive, June 23, 2026: [click here for audio and text]The Memorandum of Understanding signed between the United States and Iran is indeed a better deal for the Islamic Republic than the 2015 JCPOA and what could have been agreed…
4 Talks: Iran, Israel, Palestine
* June 14, 2026, First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco on “U.S. Policy towards Israel/Palestine: How We Can Change It” * May 23, 2026, “Universities’ Acquiescence to Trump Administration Policies and Implications for Academic Freedom,” for the Peace…
20 Interviews: May-June 2026, Iran related
Below are links to various radio, television, and podcast interviews about the U.S., Iran, and related issues during May and June 2026: * A 28-minutes with David Swanson’s Talk World Radio * A 20-minutes with Kris Welch on KPFA-FM,…
Democrats Should Embrace a Deal That Brings Trump’s Iran War to an End
Common Dreams, June 24, 2026; reposted from The Progressive[Audio and transcript] Too many congressional Democrats are demonstrating their own hypocrisy in claiming that they oppose the war while actively undermining efforts to end it.
Interview: Fresh US strikes unlikely to bring Iran back to the table
Channel News Asia (CNA) Singapore, June 11, 2026, 7 min.: Zunes explains renewed US strikes on Iran are more likely to escalate the conflict than advance negotiations, raising risks for regional stability and global markets.
Interviews: Iran War Updates, 6 for KTVU
May 13: KTVU: Trump asks Xi for Iran War help, meeting in China May 25: KTVU: Trump claims Iran deal moving forward? May 28: KTVU: Tentative deal to extend Iran ceasefire June 1: KTVU: Iran talks suspended, Israel continues ceasefire…
Quoted in Wyoming Star: Operation Epstein Fury Parts 13 & 14. Iranian Red Lines.
June 24, 2026: “It is not going to be smooth sailing, but my sense is that the Trump administration recognizes that there is too much at stake for it to fail. The MOU is being attacked as a bad deal,…
Interview: Israel and Hezbollah Agree to US-Brokered Pause in Hostilities
Channel News Asia (CNA) Singapore, June 2, 2026, 14 min.: Israel and militant group Hezbollah have accepted a US proposal to pause hostilities. US President Donald Trump persuaded Israeli and Hezbollah leaders to de-escalate, after Iran threatened to end indirect…
Interview: Iran Hits US Base After Trump Strikes Tehran Military Sites
Firstpost America, June 1, 2026 [Zunes from 4-10 mins.]
On Iran, Trump Has Backed Himself — and Much of the World — Into a Corner
Truthout May 5, 2026: The same kind of US hubris that led to the tragic wars in Vietnam and Iraq is manifesting itself with Iran today. U.S. efforts to force an end to the stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz…
Interview: US action risks return to full-scale war
KTVU, Bay Area Fox 2, May 5, 2026, 5 min.
The Strait of Hormuz and War in Iran: A Film Screening and Discussion
At Resource Center for Nonviolence, May 8, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz: Film screening of “Plate It With Silver,” and discussion led by Stephen Zunes (USF) and Nidhi Mahajan (UCSC), on the current war and histories of trade across the…