{"id":84285,"date":"2026-08-28T16:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/84285\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:22:17","slug":"hegseth-in-the-firing-line-after-6-months-of-war-iran-the-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/84285\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth in the firing line after 6 months of war  | Iran: the Latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Hegseth in the firing line after 6 months of war  | Iran: the Latest news\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-sQXL1ZvPx0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHegseth in the firing line after 6 months of war  | Iran: the Latest news<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSix months into the Iran conflict, the war has devolved into an economic \u2018quagmire\u2019 as the US shifts strategy from kinetic strikes to prolonged blockade tactics under &#8220;Operation Economic Outcast&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>On today\u2019s episode of Iran: The Latest, Henry Bodkin speaks with Chief Washington Correspondent Connor Stringer to discuss why Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth could be in the firing line for a post-midterm cabinet purge as Trump desperately seeks a scapegoat for his low approval ratings and Iran war stalemate. They analyse how outgoing Mossad chief Dedi Barnea is pushing for total regime collapse in Tehran, and why Benjamin Netanyahu is openly defying Trump on Gaza peace terms.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, they dissect CIA Director John Ratcliffe\u2019s flight to Moscow, Mark Carney\u2019s trade counter-attacks and the growing friction over prospective British sanctions in the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights<br \/>\nSix Months of War: The Iran Quagmire &#038; Operation Economic Outcast<br \/>\nTrump Isolated? Netanyahu Defiance, Carney Tariffs, and UK West Bank Sanctions<\/p>\n<p>CONTRIBUTORS:<br \/>\nHenry Bodkin, Jerusalem correspondent @HenryBodkin<br \/>\nConnor Stringer, chief Washington correspondent @connorstringer<\/p>\n<p>WATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dk<\/p>\n<p>Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast &#8211; Publisher Podcast Awards 2026<br \/>\nNominated Podcast of the Year &#8211; Society of Editors News Podcasts Awards 2026<br \/>\nNominated Best News, Politics and Current Affairs &#8211; British Podcast Awards 2026<br \/>\nThe Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 &#8211; Publisher Podcast Awards 2026<\/p>\n<p>Audio Producer: David Dargahi<br \/>\nVideo Producer: Max Bower<br \/>\nResearcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh<br \/>\nStudio Operator: Andy Watson<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Venetia Rainey <\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day&#8217;s biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk\/fromtheeditor<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/iran-war\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hegseth in the firing line after 6 months of war | Iran: the Latest news Six months into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[68107,3408,1092,7902,68108,68109,68110,66462,526,68111,68112,1094,337,68113,348,257,68114,68115],"class_list":["post-84285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-telegraph","tag-cia-russia-mission","tag-iran-news-today","tag-iran-war-news","tag-iran-war-today","tag-john-ratcliffe-moscow","tag-nato-russia-threat","tag-netanyahu-trump-rift","tag-operation-economic-outcast","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-pete-hegseth-firing-line","tag-pete-hegseth-sacked","tag-strait-of-hormuz-blockade","tag-the-telegraph","tag-trump-cabinet-purge","tag-trump-iran-war","tag-us-iran-war","tag-us-military-quagmire","tag-west-bank-sanctions-uk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/117174133386672251","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}