A bit of friends bosom enemies or ran the United States and the twisted pairs to confrontation she is in washington and in Miami Michael sento flow Foreign Policy expert and especially expert in the middle east ok barbara how do you see it with the president that the rand is standing down no not at all on fact there just been some more rockets fired into the green zone in baghdad no i think this phase perhaps is over their explicit retaliation for the assassination of their Senior National security official cause im still in money but this tension will continue as long as the United States and iran are not negotiating are not sitting down and talking about peace so its far from over do you see them coming to the table. Its very hard for me to envision right now and less. Yes donald trump is prepared to offer iran some to some incentive some economic incentives as you know the trumpet ministration has put into place a policy of what it calls maximum pressure which entails a an oil embar
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You see it with the president that the rand is standing down no not at all on fact there just been some more rockets fired into the green zone in baghdad no i think this phase perhaps is over there explicit retaliation for the assassination of their Senior National security official cause im still in money but this tension will continue as long as the United States and iran are not negotiating are not sitting down and talking about peace so its far from over do you see them coming to the table. Its very hard for me to envision right now and less donald trump is prepared to offer iran some to some incentive some economic incentives as you know the trumpet ministration has put into place a policy of what it calls maximum pressure which entails a and oil embargo an effort to prevent iran from exporting any oil there have been f. Its that that have been made french president emanuel macro has made these efforts but they require the United States to offer iran some sanctions relief in retur
Efforts but they require the United States to offer iran some sanctions relief in return iran would return to compliance with the nuclear deal that trump withdrew from back in 2018 i go as you read im more optimistic the u. S. Military strength in the persian gulf is rather overwhelming so ryan has to avoid a military confrontation thats direct head on with the u. S. Military. In terms and i think theyre scared because you know the targeting of the general makes the war afraid that they even though you know it starts to become less obvious military targets they feel jeopardized that even the regime they feel jeopardized look what happened to the last of it today too that he died. I think sake should through leaf at some point as part of a day go see to deal bake sets but i sure that the rides really want to push military options against the worlds most powerful military at this point a type. You mean suze i guess you stand. Together while we do that. Its a very good question look you k
Good evening, everyone. Thank you so much for coming. My name kim dorman and im the Community Engagement coordinator for the princeton public library. Its my pleasure to welcome you here. This and to introduce tonights program. I want to start by thank you all for joining us. This program is presented with support from the National Endowment for the humanities and in partnership with Princeton Universitys, charming and beyond, most of our Rahmani Center for iran and persian gulf studies and labyrinth books. Tonights event will run for about one hour. Dan sheffield, interim director for the sharmeen and bijan moss of our rahman center, will join author reza aslan in conversation about his new book, an american martyr in persia the epic life and tragic death of Howard Baskerville. Following their conversation, we will reserve about 15 minutes for a question and answer session. There will be an opportunity to purchase copies of the book after the program from labyrinth. Thank you very muc