# US Pressuring Gulf States to JOIN War on Iran to Create ‘NEW MIDDLE EAST’-Dr. Abdulaziz Alghashian

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Published: 2026-03-14T13:08:24+00:00
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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Abdulaziz Alghashian, Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Gulf International Forum. Can the Gulf States trust the US after it, along with Israel, unleashed destructive regional destabilisation with the war on Iran? Is the US using Gulf States’ bases as Iran claims? How big a threat is the Greater Israel plan to the Gulf States? Can the Gulf States maintain neutrality after the genocide and war on Iran? All this and more on this episode of Going Underground.

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