LATEST: Will Trump’s Iran peace deal hold?

Donald Trump has announced that his much trailed peace deal with Iran is to be signed this Friday, bringing an end to hostilities between the two countries and opening up the strait of Hormuz. With the fine print still to be worked out, many questions about the deal remain. Can it bring some stability to the world economy? And will it actually bring peace to the Middle East in the long term?

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Guests: 

• Mohamed El-Erian, economist and former International Monetary Fund Deputy Director 
• Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, former US ambassador and president of the Middle East Policy Council, now senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. 

Hosts: Jane Garvey and Fi Glover.

Producer: Hannah Quinn. 

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