Epic Fury: The US-Iran War Podcast

The bombs were still falling. And the market was already recovering. When the Iran war began, global markets reacted exactly as expected. Stocks dropped. Oil surged. Investors rushed into safe-haven assets like US Treasuries and the dollar. But within days, Wall Street turned. In this bonus episode of Epic Fury: The US-Iran War Podcast , we break down how the United States stock market recovered s...

Trump says the Iran war is “very close to over” as the White House signals confidence in a deal. Pakistan’s army chief heads to Tehran with a direct message from Washington, while Prime Minister Sharif tours Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey to build support for a second round of talks. On Day 48 of Operation Epic Fury, the diplomatic track is accelerating fast. The first round of negotiations came...

A second round of US-Iran talks could happen within days — even as the blockade tightens and both sides prepare for what comes next. On Day 47 of the US-Iran War, diplomacy and escalation are moving at the same time. Donald Trump says new negotiations could begin within 48 hours, with both sides looking to return to the table before the ceasefire expires. But on the ground, the situation tells a m...

The US naval blockade of Iran is now active — and the war may be entering its most critical phase. On Day 46 of the US-Iran War, the United States begins enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports, triggering global shockwaves across energy markets, diplomacy, and international law. Iran calls it piracy. The UK refuses to support it. France proposes a rival multinational mission. And nearly 20,000 seaf...

On Day 45 of the Iran War, the United States has escalated the conflict by ordering a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, following the collapse of high-level talks in Islamabad. With the ceasefire still technically in place but rapidly narrowing, this episode examines the strategic, economic, and geopolitical consequences of the blockade. Key developments covered: The US Navy begins enforcing...

Twenty-one hours of negotiations. No deal. On Day 44 of the Iran–US war, the highest-level talks in forty-seven years end without agreement after marathon negotiations in Islamabad — leaving a final US offer on the table and just nine days left in the ceasefire. Vice President JD Vance, alongside Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, held direct talks with Iranian officials for the first time since the...

The most important US–Iran talks in decades have begun — but the opening message is already escalating tensions. On Day 43 of the war, Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrives in Islamabad carrying blood-stained school bags from the Minab strike, turning civilian casualties into a direct negotiating signal. Inside the Serena Hotel, US officials JD Vance, Jared Kushner, and Steve...

The ceasefire is holding—but the Strait of Hormuz is still largely closed. With global oil flows stalled and war-risk insurance still surging, the economic test of the ceasefire is already failing. Now, all eyes turn to Islamabad, where US and Iranian delegations meet in the most consequential diplomatic talks of the war. JD Vance leads the US team. Iran sends its foreign minister and a senior IRG...

The ceasefire is less than 24 hours old — and it’s already under pressure. On Day 41 of the Iran War, Israel launches its largest strike on Lebanon since the conflict began, killing over 180 people and threatening to collapse the fragile truce. Iran’s IRGC claims it has halted oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, while the White House insists the waterway remains open. With contradicti...

The war has paused — but the risk isn’t gone. On Day 40 of the Iran War, a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was agreed just hours before a major escalation deadline, with Pakistan playing a decisive role in brokering the deal. The Strait of Hormuz — one of the most critical energy routes in the world — is now set to reopen, triggering a sharp drop in oil prices and a surge in...

Iran rejects a 45-day ceasefire as tensions explode ahead of Trump’s final 8PM deadline — raising fears of the largest escalation yet in the US-Iran war. In this episode of Epic Fury , we break down the biggest developments from Day 39: Trump warns Iran “could be taken out in one night” Israel strikes South Pars, the world’s largest gas field Iran’s IRGC intelligence chief killed in a major decapi...

Day 38 of Operation Epic Fury. Elite US special forces — including Delta Force and SEAL Team 6 — execute one of the most complex rescue missions in modern military history, extracting a downed F-15E weapons systems officer from deep inside Iran. As the rescue unfolds, Trump pushes the Iran power plant ultimatum to a fourth deadline — Tuesday at 8PM ET — warning that “everything” could be targeted...

Day 37 of Operation Epic Fury. The Iran war enters a critical phase. On Easter Sunday, the United States launched one of the most daring rescue operations in modern warfare. A downed F-15E Strike Eagle crew member — a wounded American colonel — was recovered from deep inside Iran after being shot down by Iranian air defences on Good Friday. This episode breaks down the full story of the US rescue...

The Iran war has entered a dangerous new phase. On Day 36 of Operation Epic Fury , the United States destroys Iran’s largest bridge in a major escalation—while two US warplanes are downed in combat, marking a turning point in the conflict. With the April 6th deadline just hours away, tensions are exploding across the Middle East. In this episode: US airstrike destroys Iran’s largest civilian bridg...

Day 35 of Operation Epic Fury. Iran's president took the extraordinary step of writing an open letter directly to the American people, asking whose interests this war is truly serving and challenging the America First framing Trump has used to justify the campaign. It is the first time an Iranian head of state has addressed the American public directly during an active war between the two coun...

The final episode of the CIA and Iran Bonus Series asks the questions the previous four have been building toward. What did the CIA know before the bombs of Operation Epic Fury began falling? How was the targeting intelligence assembled — the air defence systems, the nuclear facilities, the command structures, the movement patterns of the men killed in the opening hours? And what does the full arc...

Day 34 of Operation Epic Fury. Trump spoke to the nation from the White House Cross Hall — his first prime-time address since the war began thirty-four days ago. He said the war's core strategic objectives are nearing completion. He vowed to hit Iran extremely hard for two to three more weeks. He claimed Iran's president asked for a ceasefire. And he told every country that uses the Strait...

The Cold War ended. The CIA's war with Iran did not. From the 1990s dual containment strategy through the Stuxnet cyberattack, the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists, and the drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, Episode 4 of the CIA and Iran Bonus Series covers the three decades of covert action, failed diplomacy, and escalating shadow warfare that made Operation Epic Fury almost...

Day 33 of Operation Epic Fury. China formally entered this war diplomatically. Pakistan's Foreign Minister flew to Beijing and, together with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, released a joint five-point initiative to end the US-Iran war — the first time a major global power has articulated a specific peace pathway in a public document. Their demands: an immediate ceasefire, peace talks as soo...

Four hundred and forty-four days. Sixty-six hostages. A rescue mission that ended in fire and death in the Iranian desert. A secret arms deal that nearly brought down a presidency. And intelligence sharing that helped Iraq deploy chemical weapons against Iranian soldiers while Washington looked the other way. The 1980s were the most operationally intense decade in the CIA's history with Iran —...

Day 32 of Operation Epic Fury. Iran and Hezbollah struck oil refineries in Haifa, sending thick black smoke billowing above northern Israel. A fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker was hit by a drone in Dubai waters, triggering fears of an oil spill in one of the world's busiest maritime zones. Trump renewed his threat to obliterate Iran's electric plants and oil wells. And two Chinese cargo shi...

Four years after the CIA helped overthrow Iran's democracy, American intelligence officers sat down with their Iranian counterparts and built something new. Not a military alliance. Not a trade agreement. A secret police force. SAVAK — the Organisation of Intelligence and National Security — would go on to become one of the most feared internal security services in the world. Thirteen thousand...

Day 31 of Operation Epic Fury. Trump told the Financial Times his favourite thing would be to take the oil in Iran. He confirmed Kharg Island — which handles ninety percent of Iran's crude exports — is still on the table for seizure. And aboard Air Force One, he claimed Iran has agreed to most of the fifteen-point US peace plan that Tehran publicly rejected just days ago. Pakistan announced it...

Before Operation Epic Fury. Before the Islamic Revolution. Before forty years of hostility between Washington and Tehran. There was a single event that set everything in motion. In August 1953, the CIA and British intelligence orchestrated the overthrow of Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh — a man who had done nothing more provocative than nationalise his country...

Day 30 of Operation Epic Fury. The most diplomatically active day of the entire war. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt flew to Islamabad for two days of talks aimed at ending the US-Iran war. Pakistan secured a concrete Hormuz breakthrough — Iran agreed to allow twenty Pakistani-flagged vessels through the Strait, two per day, the first time Iran has named a specific nationa...