Iran's latest missile tests are making Israel nervous and helping to destabilize the situation in the Middle East. Host Robert Blevins takes a hard look at Iran's past and present history - and what may bode for the future of peace in the region.
This article also appears (with images courtesy of The Arizona Rain Man ) at the The Straight Talk Column at Newsvine
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Robert Blevins
Robert Blevins is the author of the infamous 'Straight Talk' [http://adventurebooks.newsvine.com/] column at Newsvine/MSNBC. 'Straight Talk' features illustrated articles on all manner of subjects, presented in a concise and entertaining format. This podcast is an extension of that column, providing audio versions of some of the more popular articles. Mr Blevins is the author of the sci-fi novels 'Say Goodbye to the Sun', 'The 13th Day of Christmas', 'The Corona Incident', and 'Dimensions' (with British author Geoff Nelder). Currently, he works as an editor with the Escape Velocity Magazine [http://www.escapevelocitymagazine.com/] and is the founder of Adventure Books of Seattle [http://www.adventurebooksofseattle.com/].


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