War in the Middle East

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🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On Saturday, Israel and the United States struck Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran has been responding with volleys of missiles aimed at Israel—and also at several other countries in the region. How will the conflict end? How long can Tehran sustain this fight? Iran expert Vali Nasr joined Ravi Agrawal for an emergency episode that ran live on the afternoon of Monday, March 3. Daniel Byman: 6 Questions About Operation Epic Fury Barbara Slavin: Death Comes to the Dictator Ali Hashem: Iran Is Built to Withstand the Ayatollah’s Assassination Alireza Nader and Nik Kowsar: Khamenei Is Dead. Who’s In Charge of Iran? Amos C. Fox and Franz-Stefan Gady: Iran, Israel, and the U.S. Are Racing the Clock Anchal Vohra: Iran’s Proxies Are Out for Themselves for Now Emma Ashford: Trump Is Betraying His Base by Waging War on Iran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.6	Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policies Editor-in-Chief.
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0:40.7	War is underway in the Middle East. Early on Saturday morning, Israel and the United States
0:46.9	struck Iran. Later that day, we learned that Ali Khamene, the country's supreme leader, was killed. But crucially, both before
0:56.6	and after confirmation of that news, Iran was shooting volleys of missiles at Israel. As of this
1:04.1	taping on the afternoon of Monday the 3rd of March, Iran is continuing to fire back even as it
1:10.8	takes heavy incoming.
1:12.4	And this is now a regional conflict.
1:15.3	Tehran has also attacked the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, and more.
1:23.9	Major airline hubs like Dubai and Doha have basically shut down, crippling a lot of air travel
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