Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans. In Israel, he was considered the country’s biggest threat. With Soleimani out of the picture, Israel is trying to reassess the current threat coming out of Tehran. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Assaf Orion, a retired Israeli brigadier general, defence strategist and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.
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