Is the US heading for war with Iran?

The Inquiry

• Episode: Is the US heading for war with Iran?
• Website: The Inquiry
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029399x/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:23:15
• Published: 2019-05-30 05:30

On 8 May 2018, the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - a nuclear deal between Iran, the US and other countries. Since then, tensions between Iran and the US have escalated to the point where some believe a conflict is imminent. Kavita Puri and experts try to work out how the two countries got to this point, asking: is the US heading for War with Iran?

Presenter: Kavita Puri Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Lizzy McNeill

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