{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/68592c0e6af2f4a2f0c20153?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"No good options: how Iran will respond","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1750674398176-9735abdd-2336-4336-bc77-1e1e43d0ac6e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>After America’s strikes intended to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme, one question is <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/06/22/trumps-iran-attack-was-ferocious-but-has-it-actually-worked\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">whether they succeeded</a>. Another is how Iran will respond; all of its options <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/06/22/trump-smashes-iran-and-gambles-the-regime-will-now-capitulate?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">are bad ones</a>. In the West people have been shedding religion for decades, but that secularist shift now seems <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/international/2025/06/12/the-west-has-stopped-losing-its-religion?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to be slowing</a>. And what is driving <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/06/12/inverted-commas-are-falling-out-of-fashion?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the decline</a> of inverted commas (aka “quotation marks”).</p><p><br></p><p><em>Get a world of insights by </em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>subscribing to Economist Podcasts+</em></a><em>. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href=\"https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Runtime: 22 min</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}