# Iran warns Trump: ‘We’ll take war global if you bomb us again’ Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/iran-warns-trump-we-ll-take-war-global-if-you-bomb-us-again Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/iran-warns-trump-we-ll-take-war-global-if-you-bomb-us-again.md Podcast: [Iran: The Latest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846) Published: 2026-05-20T15:32:20+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/battle-lines-israel-gaza/episodes/iran-warns-trump-well-take-war-global-if-you-bomb-us-again Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/e/6a0dcf6d163f1001837a5c47/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/iran-the-latest-6656846/episodes/iran-warns-trump-we-ll-take-war-global-if-you-bomb-us-again Duration seconds: 2313 ## Resource Iran has threatened to spread the war beyond the Middle East if Donald Trump starts bombing the country again. Is it an empty threat or should we be worried? Jonathan Hackett, a former US Marine Corps interrogator and special operations intelligence officer, joins the podcast again to discuss the state of Iran’s military capabilities, their Mosaic Doctrine and what next for the war with Venetia Rainey, Sophia Yan and Roland Oliphant. They also discuss reports today that the US wanted to install former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Ali Khamenei’s place, news of secret Israeli bases in the Iraqi desert, and the shady Iran-linked group known as HAYI behind a series of attacks on Jews in London.  Plus, as Vladimir Putin visits Xi Jinping in China, Sophia looks at how the energy crisis caused by the war has boosted Moscow by forcing the UK and US to drop sanctions on Russian oil, and Venetia looks at JD Vance’s latest comments on peace deal talks.  Highlights Iran warns Trump: ‘We’ll take war global if you bomb us again’ A US Marine on Iran’s terror war against the West CONTRIBUTORS: Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant Sophia Yan, co-host and senior foreign correspondent @sophia_yan Jonathan Hackett, former US Marine Corps @jonathanhackett CONTENT REFERENCED: Akhtar Makoii: Iran’s plan to strike back in second round of war https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/19/iran-plan-strike-back-second-round-war/ Badenoch: PM’s sanctions U-turn will fund killing of Ukrainian soldiers https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/20/starmer-eases-sanctions-on-russian-oil/ Producer: Peter Shevlin Executive Producers: Venetia Rainey & Louisa Wells ► Sign up to our… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/iran-the-latest-6656846/episodes/iran-warns-trump-we-ll-take-war-global-if-you-bomb-us-again/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/iran-warns-trump-we-ll-take-war-global-if-you-bomb-us-again.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.