Panikoff joins Bloomberg Daybreak to discuss escalation between Israel and Iran

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The US must enforce sanctions to prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear program

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To ensure that Tehran cannot get its hands on the financial resources it would need to rebuild its nuclear program, Iran sanctions enforcement should start with China.
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Panikoff joins Bloomberg Daybreak to discuss escalation between Israel and Iran

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What really happened to Fordow? Three possible futures for Iran’s nuclear program after US strikes.

By Amir Asmar

The condition of Fordow will have a direct impact on the likelihood of Iran giving up its nuclear program versus resuming its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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Panikoff joins Bloomberg Daybreak to discuss escalation between Israel and Iran

Fast Thinking Jun 24, 2025

The big lessons from 12 days of war with Iran

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A tentative cease-fire is underway in the war between Iran and Israel. But where did the conflict leave Iran, Israel, and the United States?
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A bipartisan Iran strategy for the next US administration—and the next two decades

As tensions spike in the Middle East, how should the next US president approach Iran and its network of proxies including Hezbollah and Hamas? With a strategy that can be maintained for decades, by administrations of either party. A bipartisan, expert working group lays out the details.

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Panikoff joins Bloomberg Daybreak to discuss escalation between Israel and Iran

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Everything you need to know about Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi and his death sentence

By Khosro Sayeh Isfahani and Andrea Alice Richardson

On April 24, a revolutionary court in Iran sentenced dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi to death on charges of “spreading corruption on the Earth.”

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