Assessing Iran’s military capabilities

The World

In a press briefing this morning, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that the upcoming days of combat would be “decisive,” asserting that Iran does not have the military capabilities to do anything about it. To get a clear perspective on Iran’s current ability to strike back at the US, The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler spoke with Sina Azodi, director of Middle East Studies at George Washington University, who joined from Washington.

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