‘Peacemaker’ Trump starts a war with Iran – podcast

The US and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran on Saturday, killing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Why did Trump decide (again) to attack Iran during negotiations on a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic? How does he sell a new war in the Middle East, with potential US casualties, to people at home? What happens next for Iran?

In this special collaboration with Today in Focus, Annie Kelly speaks to the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour.

Archive: CBS News, NBC News, PBS Newshour, CNN, Fox News

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‘Peacemaker’ Trump starts a war with Iran – podcast

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The US and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran on Saturday, killing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Why did Trump decide (again) to attack Iran during negotiations on a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic? How does he sell a new war in the Middle East, with potential US casualties, to people at home? What happens next for Iran?

In this special collaboration with Today in Focus, Annie Kelly speaks to the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour.

Archive: CBS News, NBC News, PBS Newshour, CNN, Fox News

• Read Patrick’s analysis on the US-Israel attack on Iran, and Mohamad Bazzi’s opinion piece on the war

• Send your questions and feedback to politicsweeklyamerica@theguardian.com

• Help support the Guardian. Go to theguardian.com/politicspodus

[Iranians in the US celebrate the attack on their country]

• Photograph: David Carson/AP*

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