US-Iran Tensions Escalate Amid COVID-19 — April 30, 2020
Apr 30, 2020•30 min
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Episode description
Tensions between the United States and Iran continue to simmer amid the coronavirus pandemic. Iran is blaming US sanctions for its lack of medical supplies and recently harassed US warships in the Gulf, while the United States is threatening to increase economic pressure with additional sanctions. Brookings' Suzanne Maloney and the German Marshall Fund's Ariane Tabatabai join Deep Dish to examine internal politics and the future of the US-Iran standoff.
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