Iran War Explained: Lord Dannatt And Sir Malcolm Rifkind On Trump, Starmer And Middle East Crisis

Jeremy Kyle speaks to former head of the British Army Lord Richard Dannatt about the escalating Iran conflict, the role of Donald Trump and whether the war could spiral further across the Middle East. Dannatt explains the likely military objectives — weakening Iran’s missile capability and stopping a nuclear weapon — but warns regime change is far less likely and the conflict could drag on as energy prices surge and tensions spread across the Gulf.Jeremy also asks whether the crisis began with an Israeli intelligence opportunity rather than a carefully timed US strategy, and what that means for how long the conflict could last. With flights disrupted, oil prices rising and British citizens caught up in regional chaos, the episode looks at the wider impact of the Iran war on the UK and the global economy.Former foreign and defence secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind also joins the programme to discuss Keir Starmer’s handling of the crisis, the strain on the UK-US special relationship and whether Britain should have moved military assets earlier to protect its Cyprus base.Talk War from Talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.