How Iran Wages War and Seeks Peace

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Dorothy Wickenden
The Political Scene | The New Yorker | Jul 19, 2019
Military tensions between Iran and the United States have been escalating since the spring, and rose further still this week. Robin Wright joins Dorothy Wickenden to talk about Iran's longstanding eye-for-an-eye strategy, and whether a new diplomatic solution with the U.S. is possible.

 

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