US-Iran Tensions Escalate Amid COVID-19 April 30, 2020

Published: April 30, 2020, 8:49 p.m.

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Tensions between the United States and Iran continue to simmer amid the coronavirus pandemic. Iran is blaming US sanctions for its lack of medical supplies and recently harassed US warships in the Gulf, while the United States is threatening to increase economic pressure with additional sanctions. Brookings\\u2019 Suzanne Maloney and the German Marshall Fund\\u2019s Ariane Tabatabai join Deep Dish to examine internal politics and the future of the US-Iran standoff.

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