US and Iran exchange fire in latest confrontation | DW News

The United States and Iran have exchanged fire once again in a series of limited military confrontations. US forces say they targeted Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island, while Iran responded with missile strikes on US bases in Jordan. Could the latest exchange push tensions even higher?

00:00 New strikes by Iran, US break calm in Gulf
00:40 Interview Rojin Mukriyan, University College Cork, Ireland
01:00 Situation in the Strait of Hormuz still tense
02:22 Strategic importance of Larak Island for the IRGC
04:14 Iranian President Pezeshkian’s double message
05:21 No easy way out of the conflict for the US
06:39 Interview Gordon Robison, journalist who has lived in the Middle East
07:05 “Limited confrontation" between US and Iran
08:07 Vulnerability of the Strait of Hormuz
09:36 Are the US and Iran still negotiating?
10:57 US Treasury Secretary Bessent issues list of US demands
12:25 Effectiveness of US economic pressure
13:18 Will Iran make life difficult for Trump's Republicans in the mid-term elections?

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