Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Article 5 Targets Iran as US Searches For Off-Ramp. Zelensky's Comeback Ends in Vucic Arms
Topic 2142
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE:
╔═╦╗╔╦╗╔═╦═╦╦╦╦╗╔═╗
║╚╣║║║╚╣╚╣╔╣╔╣║╚╣═╣
╠╗║╚╝║║╠╗║╚╣║║║║║═╣
╚═╩══╩═╩═╩═╩╝╚╩═╩═╝
BUY ME A COFFEE: buymeacoffee.com/alexchristoforou
BTC: bc1q7ff0r8mnt04a4cj3krakzn4fmar28pv43ds2xe
ETH: 0x96ee7fedae52f3a263bb499300ab0f641faef496
LTC: ltc1qs333rf24gwh6tnusl60at7m77way0q4699vule
XRP: rH6WnYnLP3MwKqJMapoofyxCeNbMEK3pp6
THE DURAN: youtube.com/@TheDuran
ALEXANDER: youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal
SUBSTACK: theduran.substack.com
X: https://x.com/AXChristoforou
LOCALS: theduran.locals.com (1 Month Free Trial)
RUMBLE:
rumble.com/c/theduran
rumble.com/c/AlexChristoforou
rumble.com/c/AlexanderMercouris
SPOTIFY: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-duran
APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/2H9Hk0a
THE DURAN SHOP: theduranshop.com
SUBSCRIBE STAR: subscribestar.com/theduran
PATREON: patreon.com/theduran
Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown.
Follow Peter's music: soundcloud.com/peterboy100
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:31 Saturday update from Athens
00:01:16 Article 5 comes to the Middle East
00:02:04 New pact aims to contain Iran
00:04:52 A US backed regional realignment
00:06:55 Turkey, Iran and the regime change playbook
00:09:03 Comparing this to NATO, Russia and Article 5
00:11:17 Will Iran test this new alliance
00:12:24 CNN says the Iran conflict is widening
00:14:08 General Caine hunts for an Iran off ramp
00:16:26 Ground troops the only real path to victory
00:19:07 Senate passes Lindsey Graham's Russia sanctions bill
00:23:24 What the bone crushing sanctions actually do
00:24:37 The end of Putin's maximum restraint doctrine
00:26:10 The Atlantic on Zelensky's short lived comeback
00:29:07 EU diplomat admits Ukraine cannot join the EU
00:34:37 Iceland to vote on restarting EU talks
00:38:15 Zelensky meets Vucic in Belgrade
00:41:40 Poll shows Zelensky would lose any election
00:44:59 FIFA president Infantino hit with new scandal
Article 5 Targets Iran as US Searches For Off-Ramp. Zelensky's Comeback Ends in Vucic Arms
Topic 2142
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE:
╔═╦╗╔╦╗╔═╦═╦╦╦╦╗╔═╗
║╚╣║║║╚╣╚╣╔╣╔╣║╚╣═╣
╠╗║╚╝║║╠╗║╚╣║║║║║═╣
╚═╩══╩═╩═╩═╩╝╚╩═╩═╝
BUY ME A COFFEE: buymeacoffee.com/alexchristoforou
BTC: bc1q7ff0r8mnt04a4cj3krakzn4fmar28pv43ds2xe
ETH: 0x96ee7fedae52f3a263bb499300ab0f641faef496
LTC: ltc1qs333rf24gwh6tnusl60at7m77way0q4699vule
XRP: rH6WnYnLP3MwKqJMapoofyxCeNbMEK3pp6
THE DURAN: youtube.com/@TheDuran
ALEXANDER: youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal
SUBSTACK: theduran.substack.com
X: https://x.com/AXChristoforou
LOCALS: theduran.locals.com (1 Month Free Trial)
RUMBLE:
rumble.com/c/theduran
rumble.com/c/AlexChristoforou
rumble.com/c/AlexanderMercouris
SPOTIFY: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-duran
APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/2H9Hk0a
THE DURAN SHOP: theduranshop.com
SUBSCRIBE STAR: subscribestar.com/theduran
PATREON: patreon.com/theduran
Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown.
Follow Peter's music: soundcloud.com/peterboy100
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:31 Saturday update from Athens
00:01:16 Article 5 comes to the Middle East
00:02:04 New pact aims to contain Iran
00:04:52 A US backed regional realignment
00:06:55 Turkey, Iran and the regime change playbook
00:09:03 Comparing this to NATO, Russia and Article 5
00:11:17 Will Iran test this new alliance
00:12:24 CNN says the Iran conflict is widening
00:14:08 General Caine hunts for an Iran off ramp
00:16:26 Ground troops the only real path to victory
00:19:07 Senate passes Lindsey Graham's Russia sanctions bill
00:23:24 What the bone crushing sanctions actually do
00:24:37 The end of Putin's maximum restraint doctrine
00:26:10 The Atlantic on Zelensky's short lived comeback
00:29:07 EU diplomat admits Ukraine cannot join the EU
00:34:37 Iceland to vote on restarting EU talks
00:38:15 Zelensky meets Vucic in Belgrade
00:41:40 Poll shows Zelensky would lose any election
00:44:59 FIFA president Infantino hit with new scandal
