Trump sanctions Iran, Iraq's militias delay handover, Palestinian factions meet to discuss elections
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we discuss the 'economic asphixiation' that Donald Trump is imposing on Iran, and the country's ability to cope with sanctions, the militas in Iraq who are refusing to handover their weapons to the state, and this weeks meetings held in Egypt between the Palestinian factions as they wrangle relationships ahead of the upcoming elections.
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Featured on this episode are Jon Cole and Kitty Grant.
Hosted and produced by Hugo Goodridge.
Filmed and edited by Sohaib el-Nahla.
If you have any questions for the panel, or any stories that you'd like us to cover, you can email the team podcast@newarab.com
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