What’s Next for the U.S.-Israel War With Iran?
On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated attacks on Iran, killing the country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. Iran responded with an extensive missile and drone campaign targeting Israel, U.S. bases, and multiple Gulf states. President Donald Trump said the attacks would give Iranians a chance to “take back” their country and has predicted a quick ending to the war, calling it “a little excursion.”
But the situation on the ground has proven much more complicated. The war is disrupting oil supplies, causing a global spike in gas prices. And the United States might be responsible for a deadly strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed at least 175 people, according to preliminary results of a military investigation reported by The New York Times.
Join us to hear expert analysis of the war and what it means for the region.
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Sahar Razavi
Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Iranian and Middle Eastern Studies Center, CSU Sacramento
Allen Weiner
Director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law, Director of the Stanford Humanitarian Program, and Director of the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation
Ray Takeyh
Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations; Former Senior Advisor on Iran in the Obama Administration
Moderator: Markos Kounalakis
Visiting Fellow, Stanford University’s Hoover Institution; Former Foreign Correspondent
