The Suleimani Fallout - with Tom Wright and Suzanne Lynch
This week we're focussing on the fallout from the…
The Irish Times World View Podcast
January 7, 202028m 30s
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Show Notes
This week we're focussing on the fallout from the assassination by a US drone strike of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani.
Thomas Wright, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, calls the killing a strategic mistake by the US in the Middle East despite the legitimacy of Suleimani as a target.
And our correspondent Suzanne Lynch reports on the political fallout in Washington and the implications for the Iran nuclear deal signed by President Obama in 2015.