WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - RICHARD GOLDBERG - a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, is a former National Security Council official and senior US Senate aide – discussed the Iranian President going down in a fatal helicopter crash 


RICHARD’S BIO: A leader in efforts to expand U.S. missile defense cooperation with Israel, Richard played a key role in U.S. funding for the Arrow-3 program, Iron Dome and the deployment of an advanced missile defense radar to the Negev Desert. In the Senate, Richard emerged as a leading architect of the toughest sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was the lead Republican negotiator for three rounds of sanctions targeting the Central Bank of Iran, the SWIFT financial messaging service, and entire sectors of the Iranian economy. Richard also drafted and negotiated legislation promoting human rights and democracy in Iran, including sanctions targeting entities that provide the Iranian regime with the tools of repression. His Iran sanctions work was featured in the book The Iran Wars.


Iran's hardliner President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash

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Episode: Monday, May 20, 2024 / 8 AM Hour 
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