# US 'could deploy hypersonic missiles' & how Russia is using Iran to fight the West Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/us-could-deploy-hypersonic-missiles-how-russia-is-using-iran-to-fight-the-west Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/us-could-deploy-hypersonic-missiles-how-russia-is-using-iran-to-fight-the-west.md Podcast: [Iran: The Latest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846) Published: 2026-05-01T16:09:13+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/battle-lines-israel-gaza/episodes/us-could-deploy-hypersonic-missiles-how-russia-is-using-iran Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/e/69f4cdfb8beeba53106f8aa2/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/iran-the-latest-6656846/episodes/us-could-deploy-hypersonic-missiles-how-russia-is-using-iran-to-fight-the-west Duration seconds: 2551 ## Resource Donald Trump faces a critical decision as the Iran war drifts into a stalemate: double down on military force or hope the US blockade will break the deadlock.   Amid a deadline today for Trump to get Congress’ approval for further military operations under the War Powers Act, new reports suggest the Pentagon has requested the deployment of America’s Dark Eagle hypersonic missiles to the Middle East. Venetia Rainey and Roland Oliphant discuss the latest updates from the region.  Plus, what is Russia’s role in the Iran war? Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’s Iran program, explains how Moscow has supported Tehran and is using it as a “pawn” in the broader fight against the West. He also analyses the significance of the viral Iranian Lego propaganda videos and Mojtaba Khamanei’s latest statement.  Highlights  US 'could deploy hypersonic missiles' to Middle East How Russia is supporting Iran to fight the West CONTRIBUTORS: Venetia Rainey, co-host @venetiarainey Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant Behnam Ben Taleblu, Foundation for Defense of Democracies @therealBehnamBT CONTENT REFERENCED: US asks to move Dark Eagle hypersonic missiles towards Iran https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/30/us-asks-to-move-dark-eagle-hypersonic-missiles-towards-iran/ 1,000 targets a day in Iran: How AI is accelerating war https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/01/1000-targets-day-how-ai-accelerating-america-iran-war/ Maven: the AI system helping the US bomb Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdHYDGHN5rQ Producer: Peter Shevlin Executive Producers: Venetia Rainey & Louisa Wells ► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/iran-the-latest-6656846/episodes/us-could-deploy-hypersonic-missiles-how-russia-is-using-iran-to-fight-the-west/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/us-could-deploy-hypersonic-missiles-how-russia-is-using-iran-to-fight-the-west.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.