Who’s Really Running Iran?

In today’s NYT podcast, The Daily, there’s a fascinating discussion about the power dynamics in Iran shifting from a theocracy to a military dictatorship. The incentives in negotiations are now more transactional about power and money in a more pragmatic fashion–yet the problems of nuclear enrichment and face-saving are far from solved. And Trump seems stumped by the “trump card” Iran has discovered with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Listen to the podcast or read the transcript here.