PBS NewsHour

As pressure mounts, Iran denies role in tanker explosions

Clip: 06/15/2019 | 3m 46s | Video has closed captioning.

Between the strictest U.S. sanctions in history and accusations that Iran attacked two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, tensions between the two countries are their worst in 40 years, says Barbara Slavin, director of the Atlantic Council’s Future of Iran Initiative. She joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how Iran is responding to the mounting pressure.