The war in Iran expands.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On Thursday, the conflict in Iran, which began over the weekend with U.S. and Israeli airstrikes that resulted in the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, some members of his family, and several other top Iranian officials, continued into a sixth day. Since the initial strikes on Saturday, Israel has ramped up its attacks, with heavy strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iranian military infrastructure in Tehran. As part of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. military has struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran and “struck or sunk” over 20 Iranian ships, according to U.S. Central Command. According to human rights group HRANA, more than 1,000 civilians— including 181 children under the age of ten — have died so far in the conflict.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | Tangle. |
| 0:13.3 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place where you get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking and a little bit of our take. I'm your host for today, managing editor Ari Weitzman. Today's topic is the ongoing conflict in Iran. We're going to do our normal thing, break down what the left and right |
| 0:38.6 | are saying about the ongoing conflict. And I'll be right back for my take and an answer to a |
| 0:44.1 | reader question. Before we get started, I want to tell you about a Friday edition that's going to be |
| 0:48.2 | coming out tomorrow for paid listeners and paid readers only. It's coming from our associate editor, |
| 0:53.1 | Audrey Moorhead. It's about this interesting study that came out of two Kansas universities looking into |
| 0:59.0 | English majors. It showed how a shockingly low number of them were found to be comprehending their |
| 1:04.7 | assigned texts, even when they were allowed to look up unfamiliar terms. Here's a quote from Audrey's piece for tomorrow. |
| 1:12.5 | I wish you could tell you I had been shocked at these results or that I thought the study was a fluke. |
| 1:17.0 | Instead, they only confirmed what I had already seen among my own peers in high school and college. |
| 1:22.2 | Young Americans aren't comprehending the things they read. If you're interested to hear more about |
| 1:27.4 | this piece, |
| 1:28.2 | keep an eye out and an ear open for Audrey's members-only report in tomorrow's edition. |
| 1:33.7 | Now, that brings us to today's topic, so I'll send it back over to John to get us started. |
| 1:43.8 | Thanks, Ari, and welcome everybody. |
| 1:45.9 | Here are your quick hits for today. |
| 1:47.9 | First up, Turkey's defense ministry said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense systems intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile headed toward Turkey's airspace. |
| 1:57.9 | Number two, Senator Steve Daines, the Republican from Montana, announced that he will not run |
| 2:02.4 | for re-election and retire at the end of his current term. He is the sixth sitting Republican |
| 2:07.7 | senator not to seek re-election in 2026. Number three, the House Oversight and Government Reform |
| 2:14.4 | Committee voted 24 to 19 to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi, |
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