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Podcast: Beyond the Headlines
Episode: Will Iran and America go to war?
Description:
The United States has killed Iran’s Qassim Suleimani sparking the most serious situation in the Middle East since ISIS took over huge areas of Iraq in 2014. The late head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard overseas Quds force has spent decades building up Tehran’s army of proxy militia and allies from Beirit to Sana’a. The response from Tehran came just four days later when they fired 22 rockets at US troop locations on Iraqi bases.Â
This week on Beyond the Headlines, host James Haines-Young looks at how Iran and the US got here and will it escalate...