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Iran War: Big Questions Over US Objectives Says Cathy Ashton

The US-Israeli war has left at least 1,332 people dead in Iran so far, and dozens of others have been killed elsewhere in the region in retaliatory strikes. The Pentagon said six US troops have been killed, all in the first two days of fighting.  President Donald Trump said the US continues to "totally demolish" Iranian forces, telling NBC he wanted to "clean out" Iran's leadership structure and he had names in mind to take over.  Cathy Ashton - who was the EU's first high representative on foreign affairs from 2009-2014, and a key negotiator of the previous Iran nuclear deal known as the JC-POA Stephen Carroll and Lizzy Burden on Bloomberg radio to discuss the conflict and what might come next.

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IRGC Apparatus Must Be Dismantled for Iranians to Take Charge: Aarabi

United Against Nuclear Iran's Director of IRGC Research, Kasra Aarabi joins Bloomberg's The Opening Trade to discuss succession in Iran, after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in the US-Israeli war. Aarabi says Iran's "invisible" state, the office of the Supreme Leader along with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, are working behind the scenes to ensure there is no power vacuum in Iran. Aarabi says in order for ordinary Iranians to take charge of their country, this IRGC apparatus must be dismantled.

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Goldman Says Stocks May Suffer Correction, But 'Nothing Systemic'

Peter Oppenheimer, chief global equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, discusses the impact of war in the Middle East on inflation, the economy and equity markets. "Financial conditions have been tightening globally about 0.3 since this conflict started, and that's another route to which it can affect confidence and equity valuations, at least in the nearer term," Oppenheimer tells Bloomberg Television.

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