Fighting between the US and Iran flares up again
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I'm Pete Ross and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 29th of July, these are our main stories. There's renewed fighting between the United States and Iran. 13 people are now known to have died and many are still feared trapped following an earthquake in Japan. Keiko Fuyamori, the latest conservative leader to come to power in Latin America, has been sworn in as president of Peru. Also in this podcast... It would be private investors coming in, taking a share of the proceeds of future World Cups, and you would imagine having a significant influence on how those tournaments were run. FIFA comes up with a plan to allow private investment in World Cup tournaments. At the weekend, President Trump had ordered US forces to stop attacking Iran as talks continued with Tehran.
But it appears this was a lull in the fighting, which has now resumed. US Central Command said that Iran had launched multiple ballistic missiles in an attack on American forces, but that all were intercepted. Iran's Revolutionary Guards later said that they had targeted a US military base in Jordan. The US military also said that together with Saudi Arabia, militant groups in eastern Iraq aligned with Iran had been hit. And Iranian media is reporting that the Revolutionary Guards have struck and halted three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. BBC Persian's Kashiar Junaidi is monitoring developments.
Well, for the first time since Friday, where we witnessed a pause in attacks between Iran and the U.S., it seems again that the Middle East has witnessed renewed violence on Tuesday night. IRGC issued a statement announcing attacks on a U.S. base in Jordan with several ballistic missiles, saying that threats by American officials and illegal interventions against our interests must stop. The CENTCOM, the U.S. Central Command, also issued a statement saying, in which it says, at 5.45 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday, which is 1.15 a.m. Iran time, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces in the Middle East. All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted.
And of course, this is not the only instance of violence reporting on Tuesday night. The CENTCOM again announced that American and Saudi planes had conducted precision strikes against Iranian proxies in eastern Iraq, accusing them of attacking U.S. forces and Saudi troops. energy facilities with drones. They said that in the past 72 hours, 30 IRGC-directed aerial drone attacks have been conducted against these targets in Saudi Arabia.
You mentioned that these strikes come at a time when there had been sort of a pause in fighting so talks could continue. Any update on where those talks are from the Iranian side?
Well, we heard from the U.S. president that there are deep talks between Iran and the U.S. The Iranians say that they had not approached the Americans to ask them for continuation of talks. That's what the Americans were saying. But Iranians are not denying that there have been contacts with the intermediaries. So there is some sort of talks, although the Iranians do say that they have had no direct contact with the Americans. President Trump was saying that the Iranians directly and indirectly had asked for talks. And actually yesterday, on Tuesday, when he was talking about this in an interview with Fox News, he hoped that the talks will lead to an arrangement that Iran will have no nuclear weapons.
Otherwise, he renewed his threats that if that doesn't happen, then the U.S. will attack Iran's pickaxe mountain as well as bridges and power plants in the country.
Kashiar Junaidi in Washington speaking to Steve Lai. Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu had been the closest of allies, with Israel's prime minister once describing the U.S.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–7:42
2
What renewed attacks have occurred between the US and Iran and when did they happen?
7:42–12:51
3
How did Iran and US-led forces describe the missile and strikes in the latest escalation?
12:51–24:48
4
What is the status of diplomatic talks between the US and Iran amid the fighting?
24:48–30:48
5
Why did Donald Trump meet Benjamin Netanyahu and how did the meeting address the Iran conflict?
30:48–32:50
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