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The Indo Daily: Israel-Iran - 'The next 24 to 36 hours are crucial in the way this war may develop'
Israel launched sustained airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites on Friday and Iran has hit back hard, sending missiles raining down on Tel Aviv and Haifa.
But the real bombshell is Tehran's threat to walk away from the nuclear treaty that's kept the lid on the region for decades.
Today, Fionnán Sheahan is joined on the Indo Daily by Bel Trew, chief international correspondent with the UK Independent, and by Paul Rogers, emeritus professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University, to ask are we heading for a full-on war and could this spiral into a nuclear confrontation? And where does the EU – and Ireland – fit into a fight that's happening thousands of kilometres away, but edging dangerously close to our doorstep?
The Indo Daily: Israel-Iran - 'The next 24 to 36 hours are crucial in the way this war may develop'
