The Heat: US-Iran Conflict | Tehran retaliates

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Iran has retaliated after the US launched an attack over the weekend on Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the southern part of the country. Iran responded by launching strikes at US sites in Jordan. This was the first time in a month that the US and Iran had exchanged fire. Meanwhile, the crisis continues in Lebanon where more than 4,300 people have been killed since the latest assault by Israel that began in March. #Iran #LarakIsland #USwar #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #UAE #Heat Host: Anand Naidoo Guests: Ali Akbar Dareini is a researcher and writer at the Strategic Studies of Public Policy Journal in Tehran and the author of "Legitimate Deterrence." Jamal Abdi is President of the National Iranian American Council. Habib Battah is an independent journalist and the founder of the Beirut Report. 0:00 US and Iran exchange new attacks 0:47 Iran's response to US strikes on Larak Island 3:14 Could the latest escalation lead to a wider war? 6:03 Iran's strategy to deter the

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