The US-Iran Briefing Wars

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Newscast

2026-03-26

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Today, Iran has rejected the US peace plan as “excessive”. The US plan, which has not been made public, reportedly includes Iran dismantling its nuclear facilities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. In response Iran has released its own conditions for ending the war through state television. Adam is joined by Chief North America Correspondent Gary O’Donoghue. And the Former Google executive Matt Brittin has been confirmed as the BBC's new director general. The ex-president of Google's Europe, Middle East and Africa operations will replace Tim Davie, who said he was resigning in November following a storm over how Panorama edited a speech by US President Donald Trump. Adam is joined by Katie Razzall, BBC Culture Editor. Apply for tickets to Castfest here https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/castfest-2026 You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Shiler Mahmoudi The social producers were Jem Westgate, Beth Pritchard and Sophie Millward. The technical producer was James Piper. The assistant editor was Jack Maclaren. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • Hello, the deadline is Friday.

  • No, we 're not talking about Donald Trump's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz,

  • although we will talk about that later on.

  • The deadline we're talking about is.

  • Applying for tickets for CastFest, which is our big podcasting jamboree we 're doing at the BBC's famous Maida Vale Studios

  • on the 25th of April, where you will be able to see Newscast,

  • AmeriCast and a whole load of other BBC News podcasts being made right in front of your very eyes.

  • And you will even be able to make your own podcast too, potentially.

  • You can apply for tickets by following the instructions

  • which are in the episode description of this very episode of Newscast.

  • So that's our deadline.

  • We'll talk about Donald Trump.

  • Deadline for Iran in this episode of Newscast.

  • Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio.

  • Last time I was sitting here, it looked like the US was talking about negotiations with Iran to end their conflict.

  • What has happened since then is that reports emerged that the US presented a 15-point peace plan that was roundly

  • rejected by Iran, with an official saying that the US was just negotiating with itself.

  • And then during the day on Wednesday, word reached us

  • that there was going to be an impromptu White House press briefing to try and clear the situation up.

  • As we record this episode of Newscast at 6.30 on Wednesday,