What happened when Iran fired back?

Beyond Today

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🗓️ 16 January 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

After the US killed one of Iran’s senior generals in a drone strike some people were worried we were on the brink of World War 3. Iran threatened revenge, and fired on a US air base in Iraq. But in doing so it made a colossal mistake, downing a commercial aircraft and killing the 176 passengers and crew on board. The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville, who has just returned from the Al Asad air base in Iraq, and the BBC Persian Service’s Rana Rahimpour join us to explain how Iran’s strike has had consequences they weren’t expecting. Presenter: Matthew Price Producer: Harriet Noble Mixed by Emma Crowe Editor: Philly Beaumont

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:06.0	Hello, I'm Matthew Price.
0:07.6	Welcome to Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4,
0:10.4	a space to ask one big question about one big story.
0:14.0	Today, what happened when Iran fired back.
0:24.0	It wasn't a great start to the year.
0:35.0	Viers about World War 3 after the US killed one of Iran's senior generals in a drone strike.
0:41.0	We took one of the world's deadliest terrorists off the battlefield for good.
0:45.2	Iran threatened revenge.
0:49.6	It fired back.
0:51.1	God damn!
0:52.1	Another one, another one. But then it made a colossal mistake that's got implications for the whole world.
0:58.0	It started when Iran's leaders ordered a strike on a military base in Iraq where US forces are stationed and a message
1:05.8	alert sounded on the phone of one of the BBC's Persian service journalists Rana Rachimpur.
1:12.4	On that night I got home at 9 p.m
1:15.0	went to bed I was about to switch off my phone at
1:18.0	half us 11 at night and then there was breaking news saying that Iran has attacked military bases
1:24.7	hosting US forces in Iraq.
1:27.0	I texted my editors to find out whether they're in bed or not
1:31.5	because we're not on air at night.
1:33.3	They said they were heading to the office.
1:35.2	I just jumped in a cab, came back, we were on air in half an hour and it was hell.
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