Zack and Alex break down the past few weeks of worrying news about Iran. They discuss (what seem to be) Iranian attacks on oil tankers, Iran announcing that it was thinking about breaking the terms of the nuclear deal, and the US sending more troops to the region. Then they discuss what it all means: just how interested certain parts of the Trump administration are in war with Iran, the ways in which Iran’s actions are playing into their hands, and how similar this situation is to the Bush administration’s march to war with Iraq.

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Alex’s most recent update on the drone attack.

Here’s John Bolton’s original statement on Iran

Alex has an explainer on the entire US-Iran standoff

The Council on Foreign Relations has a detailed explainer on the Strait of Hormuz

See the video and pictures of the oil tanker attacks released by the US military

Both Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel say it looks as though Iran is behind the oil tanker attack

Japan’s government won’t say Iran is responsible, even though a Japanese company owned one of the damaged vessels

This Vox video explains the Iran nuclear deal in three minutes

Here’s Alex again on the US sending 1,000 troops to the Middle East

Yes, John Bolton has called for regime change in Iran 

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