U.S. killing of top Iranian general stokes worries over wider conflict

Published: Jan. 6, 2020, 5:10 a.m.

b'In the days since the Trump administration ordered a lethal drone strike in Baghdad on Iran\\u2019s second-most powerful man, Qassem Soleimani, Iranian officials have promised \\u201cvigorous vengeance\\u201d against the U.S. and chants of \\u201cdeath to America\\u201d were heard in the Iranian parliament. On Sunday, as anti-war protests broke out across the United States, a funeral for Soleimani brought thousands of mourners to the streets in the Iranian city of Ahvaz. Today on Front Burner, as tensions ratchet up, we talk with national security expert Heather Hurlburt about what could happen next.'