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‘Love tap’ or ‘reckless adventure’? US and Iran trade fire and blame

‘Love tap’ or ‘reckless adventure’? US and Iran trade fire and blame

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The Telegraph’s defence, security and foreign affairs podcast covering the conflict in Iran

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The US and Iran have traded fire - and blame - in the Strait of
Hormuz, is the war about to restart?

The ceasefire is looking shakier than ever after America bombed
Iranian coastal cities overnight. It said it was a response to
Tehran attacking three US destroyers passing through the Strait
of Hormuz. Today, Iran has attacked the UAE with drones and
missiles. President Donald Trump says the US strikes were just a
“love tap”, while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi calls it
a “reckless military adventure”.

Venetia Rainey is joined by Washington bureau chief Arthur
MacMillan to discuss the view from the US following a week of
U-turns and uncertainty. He explains why he does not have high
expectations of a peace deal being struck before Trump goes to
China, what the American public make of the war, and why the US
may well pull more troops out of Europe.

Plus, Jerusalem correspondent Henry Bodkin takes listeners inside
a Hezbollah tunnel in a dispatch from southern Lebanon, where he
reports on Israel’s plan to create a northern buffer zone in the
style of Gaza.

Highlights

‘Love tap’ or ‘reckless adventure’? US and Iran trade fire
and blame

Plus: a dispatch from inside a Hezbollah tunnel in Lebanon

CONTRIBUTORS:

Venetia Rainey, co-host @venetiarainey

Arthur MacMillan, Washington bureau chief @arthurmacmillan

Henry Bodkin, Jerusalem correspondent @HenryBodkin

CONTENT REFERENCED:

Connor Stringer: How Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ fell apart in one
day

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/05/06/us-iran-trump-military-diplomacy-project-freedom/

Henry Bodkin: Inside the tunnels that show Hezbollah doesn’t want
peace with Israel

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/07/inside-tunnels-show-hezbollah-doesnt-want-peace-with-israel/

Producer: Peter Shevlin

Executive Producers: Venetia Rainey & Louisa Wells

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