{"id":80265,"date":"2026-08-20T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/80265\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:00:29","slug":"how-iranian-backed-militias-caused-chaos-in-the-iraq-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/80265\/","title":{"rendered":"How Iranian-backed militias caused chaos in the Iraq war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"How Iranian-backed militias caused chaos in the Iraq war\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cg2VhrjRPY0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHow Iranian-backed militias caused chaos in the Iraq war<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn today\u2019s episode of Iran: The Latest, Roland Oliphant talks to Matthew Savill, director of Military Sciences at the UK\u2019s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), to dissect the reality of Iran\u2019s diminishing maritime leverage in the war, and how effective economic pressure will be on the Iranian regime. <\/p>\n<p>Plus, Britain\u2019s diminishing minehunting capabilities in the Middle East, why Iran views the UK as the \u2018Little Satan\u2019, and what it\u2019s like to be attacked by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. <\/p>\n<p>CONTRIBUTORS:<br \/>\nRoland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant<br \/>\nMatthew Savill, RUSI director of Military Sciences, @MTSavill<\/p>\n<p>Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast &#8211; Publisher Podcast Awards 2026<br \/>\nNominated Podcast of the Year &#8211; Society of Editors News Podcasts Awards 2026<br \/>\nNominated Best News, Politics and Current Affairs &#8211; British Podcast Awards 2026<br \/>\nThe Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 &#8211; Publisher Podcast Awards 2026<\/p>\n<p>Audio Producer: David Dargahi<br \/>\nVideo Producer: Max Bower<br \/>\nResearcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh<br \/>\nStudio Operator: Andy Watson<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Venetia Rainey <\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day&#8217;s biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk\/fromtheeditor<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/iran-war\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How Iranian-backed militias caused chaos in the Iraq war In today\u2019s episode of Iran: The Latest, Roland Oliphant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[2094,9970,14,65622,1206,5140,65623,47,38,345,15470,2667,1092,1982,65626,246,27844,16106,65625,5486,70,27,49767,337,251,9240,12436,65624],"class_list":["post-80265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-telegraph","tag-abbas-araghchi","tag-british-military","tag-donald-trump","tag-economic-d-day","tag-energy-crisis","tag-global-oil-prices","tag-hormuz-oil-corridor","tag-houthis","tag-iran","tag-iran-news","tag-iran-the-latest","tag-iran-war-2026","tag-iran-war-news","tag-irgc","tag-matthew-savill","tag-middle-east-war","tag-roland-oliphant","tag-royal-united-services-institute","tag-rusi","tag-sanctions-iran","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-telegraph-podcasts","tag-the-telegraph","tag-trump-iran","tag-us-air-force","tag-us-navy","tag-us-oil-tankers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/117129416695102718","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}