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Episode: Stuck in the Middle East with You: What does Iran want?
Description: Questions over Iran’s involvement in the Israel-Hamas conflict have run rampant since the terrorist attacks of October. How would the nation benefit from chaos in the Middle East and what would it take for Iran to join the war? Today in The Bunker, Alex Andreou sits down with Dr Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, to ask: what does Iran want?
“Iran is not a natural partner with Hamas, they have significant religious differences.” – Dr Sanam Vakil
“There is a concern that escalation can come not because of choice but becaus...