Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman have led diplomatic efforts to dissuade Donald Trump from launching a high-risk military strike against Iran. For an in-depth analysis, Genie Godula welcomes John Hoffman, researcher at the Cato Institute. Mr Hoffman describes Iran as a “brutal dictatorship, engaged in a range of malign activities across the region”, but warns that US military intervention would be “incredibly risky”: it could provoke retaliation, embroil the US in a protracted campaign and cause irreversible damage to Iran’s nascent movement.
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