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Maximum Pressure: An Iran Primer
Geopolitics Rundown
English - May 17, 2020 04:25 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBPolitics News News Commentary china geopolitics international democracy foreignaffairs global government india indopacific news Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, your resident geopolitics nerds take on a fan-suggested topic and dive into the deteriorating US-Iran relationship. We find out exactly what makes the two countries enemies and what prevents them from reconciling. Learn about their historic JCPOA nuclear deal, how Trump tore it apart and imposed sanctions, and how it all led up to the assassination of the infamous Qassem Soleimani.