Is the Iran-US MoU dead—or working exactly as intended? | Eye for Iran | EP 111 |

Just weeks after Washington and Tehran agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), commercial vessels are under attack, the Strait of Hormuz is back in the headlines and President Trump says the agreement is over.

But what if everyone is asking the wrong question?

Was the Iran-US MoU ever meant to deliver peace—or was it designed to manage conflict while both sides pursued their own strategic goals?

In this episode of Eye for Iran, Negar Mojtahedi is joined by:

• Jonathan Sayeh – Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)
• Arash Azizi – Historian and contributing writer, The Atlantic
• Fatima Al-Asrar – Washington Center for Yemeni Studies
• Itai Reuveni – NGO Monitor
• Hossein Mansour – JINSA Fellow and author of After the Ayatollah
• Khosrow Esfahani – National Union for Democracy in Iran

They discuss:

• Why Iran targeted commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
• Whether Tehran is risking billions in sanctions relief
• Is the IRGC acting independently?
• Has the Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding already failed?
• Did Ali Khamenei's death end Velayat-e Faqih?
• Is political Islam entering a new era?
• Why Western media covered Khamenei's funeral more than Iran's January massacre
• What comes next for Iran, Israel, the United States and the Middle East.

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Chapters:

00:00 Iran-US strikes, Hormuz and Khamenei’s funeral
01:28 Is the Iran-US MoU already dead?
02:19 Was the MoU ever designed to bring peace?
06:15 Can Washington and Tehran get back on track?
12:43 Has Iran crossed the line in the Strait of Hormuz?
13:30 Can Iran’s government actually control the IRGC?
18:33 Why attack ships when Iran stands to make billions?
22:11 Is Tehran’s gamble paying off?
23:17 What the Houthis taught Iran about US power
30:56 Peace agreement or a framework for managed conflict?
44:25 Did Khamenei take Velayat-e Faqih with him?
46:56 What Iran’s transformation means for its proxies
48:47 The afterlife of political Islam
52:07 Could post-Khamenei Iran become even more brutal?
54:53 The origins of Velayat-e Faqih
58:28 Who is really ruling Iran now?
1:00:27 Is Sharia losing its political power?
1:03:00 Will “Death to America” outlive political Islam?
1:05:50 Iran brings 400 foreign influencers to Khamenei’s funeral
1:11:09 Why was Iran’s January massacre largely ignored?
1:14:38 The propaganda battle over Khamenei’s funeral
1:28:14 Closing thoughts

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