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Diplomatic Efforts with Iran

Mary Kissel Hudson Institute
Mary Kissel Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Mary Kissel
A family rides past a billboard featuring Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, and US Vice President JD Vance at the Lake Lucerne summit in Switzerland on July 7, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A family rides past a billboard featuring Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, and US Vice President JD Vance at the Lake Lucerne summit in Switzerland on July 7, 2026. (Getty Images)

On The John Batchelor Show, Mary Kissel explains that diplomatic efforts with Iran currently involve shuttling messages through intermediaries like Oman and Qatar. She argues that the Islamic Republic is a revolutionary regime with no interest in genuine strategic peace.