{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Seasoned & Unfiltered","title":"The Ceasefire Was a Free Sample. Now the Bill Is Due. | Iran & the Strait of Hormuz | Ep. 22","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1625,"description":"The ceasefire was supposed to buy peace. But did it actually just buy Iran time?\nIn this episode of Seasoned & Unfiltered, Steveo takes a hard look at the agreement between the United States and Iran following the conflict that disrupted one of the most important shipping routes in the world: the Strait of Hormuz.\nAt the center of Steveo’s concern is some very specific language in the 14-point agreement. Iran agreed to use its “best efforts” to allow commercial vessels to safely pass through the Strait with no charge for 60 days only. To Steveo, those few words raise a much bigger question: What happens on Day 61?\nWith roughly a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade passing through the Strait before the conflict, control of Hormuz isn’t just a Middle Eastern issue. What happens there can affect fuel prices, shipping, energy markets, and economies around the world.\nSteveo examines what happened after the agreement was signed, including Iran’s efforts to control shipping routes through the Strait, reported confrontations with commercial vessels, and the eventual collapse of the agreement weeks later.\nHe also gives the other side of the argument: after enormous disruptions to oil and LNG shipping, an imperfect 60-day agreement may have been preferable to allowing the conflict to escalate into an even larger regional war.\nBut Steveo ultimately asks whether American negotiators misunderstood what Iran wanted from the negotiations. Was Iran working toward a lasting agreement—or using the ceasefire to survive, reposition, and reassert control?\nSteveo ends this episode with a challenge: don’t simply take his word for it. Read the agreement yourself, look at the language, and decide whether America negotiated a ceasefire… or a lease agreement.\nChapters\n00:00 – The Ceasefire Was a Free Sample\n00:17 – The 14-Point Agreement With Iran\n00:51 – Sponsor: The Angel Pillow\n01:50 – How the Conflict With Iran Began\n02:14 – Why the Strait of Hormuz Matters\n02:52 – The June 17...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/O18VYo-zEDldZI2Z3FEjwXCu6IueVzpKAsZKII-DYXY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZDVi/NjcxMzcxNTcwMjM5/ZmJhZGRiNDBmMWQy/MjRiNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}