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World Service,09 Aug 2026,54 mins
Talks between Iran and Oman continue to reopen Strait of Hormuz
WeekendAvailable for 29 days
Iran's top security body has warned that the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States accepts six demands from Tehran, including easing sanctions, paying war reparations and ending the blockade of Iranian ports. Also in the programme: President Zelensky makes another impassioned plea for allies to urgently provide missile interceptors; psychoanalysis and Freud's approach to it - a new book has been dubbed a rehabilitation of him and his methods; and a family is reunited after a chance discovery of an article on an AI platform! Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Charlotte Higgins, British journalist and author, Alec Russell, foreign editor of the Financial Times newspaper. (Photo: Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, July 27, 2026. Credit: REU)
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