The brothers welcome <a href= "https://tritaparsi.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Trita Parsi</a> back to the show to discuss the status of US-Iran negotiations, the pressures of the ongoing stalemate on both sides, the prospects of an agreement given Israel's continued disruption in Lebanon and the vagaries of Trump's egotism, whether Iran can coerce a stop to Israeli aggression in Lebanon & Germany's experience of schadenfreude in the UN. Check out Trita's Substack <a href="https://tritaparsi.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://tritaparsi.substack.com/</a> Watch the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3g6h_lr2bk" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">video edition</a> on our YouTube channel Date of recording: June 4, 2026 Follow us on our socials: X: <a href="https://twitter.com/MakdisiStreet" target= "_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">@MakdisiStreet</a> YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MakdisiStreet" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">@MakdisiStreet</a> Insta: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/makdisist/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@Makdisist</a> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@makdisistreet" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">@Makdisistreet</a> <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119/abdel-halim-hafez-el-toba-remix-hadi-aleid" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Music by</a> <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/hadi-aleid-581764119" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Hadiiiiii</a> Sign up at <a href= "https://patreon.com/MakdisiStreet">Patreon.com/MakdisiStreet</a> to access all the bonus content, including the latest brothers-only conversation.

"We should not become our own worst enemy"

A podcast co-hosted by Saree Makdisi, Ussama Makdisi, and Karim Makdisi.

Follow us on X: @MakdisiStreet
Follow us on YouTube: @MakdisiStreet