{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/6967f8e4e9172b832038834c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Iran: Should Trump intervene, and how?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/1768424636646-7277b613-615c-4a6a-96f2-a94a4475ae54.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>While President Trump ponders when, whether and how to take action against Tehran, Tom and Patrick discuss the options available to him, ranging from cyber attacks to assassinations, and ask whether any would improve the lot of ordinary Iranians or simply make a bad situation worse. Joining them is the author and journalist, Hooman Majd, to explain why the absence of any viable opposition raises the spectre of civil war, should the regime collapse.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosts: General Sir Patrick Sanders &amp; Tom Newton Dunn</p><p>Guest: Hooman Majd</p><p>Producer: Shabnam Grewal</p><p>Clips: CBS News, Deutsche Welle and Al Jazeera English</p><p>Photo: Getty Images</p><p>Get in touch: generalandjournalist@thetimes.co.uk</p>","author_name":"The Times"}