US deploys additional troops to Middle East

The US President has given Iran 48 hours to stop attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as Donald Trump threatens to take out Iran's power plants.

Meanwhile Iran's revolutionary guard says if power plants are targeted, the Strait of Hormuz will be "completely" closed and not reopened until the facilities are rebuilt.  

• Guest: Mick Mulroy, Distinguished Military Fellow at the Middle East Institute and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East. He is also a retired CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer in the Special Activities Center and a United States Marine 
• Producer: Grace Stranger