Iran: Is the US out of options?

Monocle 24: The Foreign Desk by Winkontent Ltd. 759286

Aug 29, 202634:11News & Politics

Six months into the US's war with Iran, is any kind of military victory possible? Or is the Strait of Hormuz the US's Suez? Rear admiral Mark Montgomery, Bloomberg's Dina Esfandiary and historian Stephen Wertheim discuss...

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