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Fear, Treachery, Lies: Iran Crisis Continues To Rattle The Gulf (S01E104)
Thursday, July 9, 2026, Paris
Overnight attacks between the US and Iran continued for a second day, with reports that Donald Trump pushed the envelope by hitting two railroad bridges in Iran’s north. That move could trigger Iranian retaliation against similar civilian infrastructure in the Arabian Peninsula states.
The war pits the US against Iran, but the Persian Gulf has been the main battleground, as Trump struggles to restore the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz to its prewar status.
In the latest edition of badlands, the well-informed Dr Andreas Krieg, lecturer at King’s College in…
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