Experts Warn the Iran War Could Get Much Worse

“If the United States puts ground troops into Iran, it will be an utter bloodbath”: Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of Drop Site News.

There are many conflicting claims about the US-Israeli war on Iran — from whether the campaign has succeeded to how much of Iran’s military capabilities have actually been weakened. In Zeteo’s biggest Town Hall of the year, Mehdi Hasan brings together three leading voices to help unpack what’s really happening.

Journalist Jeremy Scahill, professor and former US State Department advisor Vali Nasr, and journalist and foreign policy analyst Rula Jebreal join Mehdi to discuss Iran’s military strategy, the possibility of a US ground invasion, media coverage of the conflict, and the risk of nuclear escalation.

The panel also answers audience questions and examines how the war could end and what the long-term consequences of the past two weeks of conflict might be.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:39 Iran’s Response to the War
9:18 Iran War: Worse Than Iraq?
12:35 US Invasion of Iran
19:49 Iranian Strikes & Censorship
23:38 Could Gulf Countries Join?
27:15 Reshaping the Middle East
32:14 Rules of War & Civilian targets
38:20 Western Response
42:41 Terrorism Risk
45:41 Nuclear Weapons?
50:00 How It Could End

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