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Iran Scholar: Saddam-Era Ties to Iraq Remain The conflict between the U.S. and Iran is clearly twofold: There is the nuclear problem, and there is the issue of Iranian involvement in Iraq. Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says Iran was training Iraqis in the days of Saddam Hussein, and he agrees that it still is today. As suspicions about a possible U.S. attack on Iran increase stateside, Sadjadpour talks about the Iranian perspective and what effects the sanctions announced last week might have on U.S.-Iran relations. Sadjadpour, who spent four years based in Tehran as an analyst for the International Crisis Group, talks with Melissa Block.

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Iran Scholar: Saddam-Era Ties to Iraq Remain

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The conflict between the U.S. and Iran is clearly twofold: There is the nuclear problem, and there is the issue of Iranian involvement in Iraq.

Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says Iran was training Iraqis in the days of Saddam Hussein, and he agrees that it still is today.

As suspicions about a possible U.S. attack on Iran increase stateside, Sadjadpour talks about the Iranian perspective and what effects the sanctions announced last week might have on U.S.-Iran relations.

Sadjadpour, who spent four years based in Tehran as an analyst for the International Crisis Group, talks with Melissa Block.