Guests:
Mohammed Marandi - JCPOA Negotiations Advisor | Pakistan’s Imran Khan Ousted in Alleged US Soft Coup
Daniel Burke - Political Analyst | Grave Risk of Food Shortages Amid Aggressive Sanctions
Daniel Lazare - Independent Journalist | Alleged Kidnappers Acquitted in FBI Entrapment Scheme
In the first hour, Mohammed Marandi joined the show to talk about the removal of Pakistan's Imran Khan from office after a vote of no confidence passed, which Khan calls a Western soft coup. We also talked about the guarantees Iran is seeking from the US to keep a nuclear deal on the table and how Iran is coping with bad faith negotiation tactics from Washington.
In the second hour, Fault Lines was joined by Daniel Burke for a discussion on the worldwide risk of food shortages amid harsh sanctions on Russia and whether the US will accept the changing economic architecture of Europe.
In the third hour, Daniel Lazare joined the conversation to talk about the Democrats' ineptitude in courting their base ahead of midterm elections and Gretchen Whitmer's alleged kidnappers getting acquitted after it was revealed the would-be assailants were egged on by undercover agents.
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