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The United States and Israel are escalating a sweeping bombing campaign against Iran, a military assault that President Donald Trump has openly framed as the beginning of a regime-change war. Tehran has responded with what officials describe as unprecedented retaliatory strikes on U.S. military bases and other targets across the region, while launching intense missile barrages toward Israel. Widespread reports indicate that senior figures within Iran’s leadership have been killed in the U.S.-led attacks, raising fears of a rapidly expanding regional war.
In this special broadcast from Drop Site News, Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim speak with Iranian-American analyst and author Hooman Majd, who previously advised former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, and Ali Abunimah, co-founder of Electronic Intifada, reporting from Amman, Jordan, to analyze the stakes of this fast-moving and potentially catastrophic confrontation.
About the deal that was on the table Scahill tweeted this “The term “preemptive” is pure propaganda. The U.S. once again used the veneer of negotiations as a cover to bomb Iran. Tehran had just offered terms that went far beyond the 2015 nuclear deal. What was preempted was diplomacy. The same propaganda tactics used in 2003 Iraq war.”
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