The war with Iran is moving fast and growing deadlier.

As the conflict enters its third week, it's having catastrophic consequences on global energy markets,

and the new Ayatollah shows no signs of backing down.

Tonight, a surprising twist, why Iran may have leverage in this fight.

Next.

This is Washington Week with the Atlantic.

Good evening and welcome to Washington Week. I'm Vivian Salama and tonight for Jeffrey Goldberg.

The U.S. Israel War against Iran is moving fast and America's footprint in the Middle East is expanding.

President Trump announced moments ago that the U.S. launched new airstrikes, this time at Iran's

Khark Island. The Pentagon earlier today said it's sending more warships and more military

personnel to the region. It's been a busy day, so let's get straight to the panel.

Joining us tonight, Steve Inskeep, the host of NPR's Morning Edition. Mark Mizetti is a Washington

correspondent at the New York Times. Felicia Schwartz is a diplomatic correspondent for Politico,

and Nancy Yusuf is a staff writer and a Pentagon correspondent at the Atlantic.

Thank you all for joining us.

Busy, busy day.

Nancy, I'm going to start with you because the president took to True Social just before we came on air,

and he announced that the United States Central Command executed one of the most

powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East and totally obliterated every military

target in Iran's crown jewel, Khark Island. He goes on to talk about how they spared the island's

oil infrastructure, but that he had, he reserved the right to do so. Explain the significance of this

strike. So Khark Island is only about the one-third of the size of Manhattan, but don't let that small size mislead you.

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