Todd Blanche Confirmation Hearing; Plus, US Escalates Attacks on Southern Iran, Iran Releases American Detainee
About this episode
The episode discusses the Todd Blanche confirmation hearing and the escalation of US attacks on Southern Iran, along with the release of an American detainee by Iran.
00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation. 00:33 — Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is the author of “Gaza Apocalypse”, forthcoming from OR Books. 00:45 — Negar Mortazavi is a Senior Fellow at Center for International Policy and host of the Iran Podcast. The post Todd Blanche Confirmation Hearing; Plus, US Escalates Attacks on Southern Iran, Iran Releases American Detainee appeared first on KPFA.
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