The Heat: Middle East Conflict | Trump’s pullbacks
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US President Donald Trump, who last week threatened Iran with a massive military strike, pulled back over the weekend. But, a resolution to the crisis doesn’t seem any closer and tensions between the two countries remain high. #Heat #Trump #Iran #war #Oman #Hormuz
Host: Anand Naidoo
Guests:
Ali Akbar Dareini is a researcher and writer at the Strategic Studies of Public Policy Journal in Tehran.
Trita Parsi is Executive Vice-President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Xavier Abu Eid is a political scientist.
Sara Yael Hirschhorn is an historian at the University of Haifa and a fellow of the Jewish People Policy Institute in Jerusalem.
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