FOX 7 Discussion: Escalating tensions in the Middle East

The new year has begun with renewed tensions between Iran and the United States.

Iranian leaders now say their country will no longer follow the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal and are promising revenge for the death of one of their generals by a US drone strike.

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Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, was killed on Friday in Baghdad along with other military officials at Baghdad International Airport.

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Travis County GOP Chairman Matt Mackowiak and Glenn Smith from Progress Texas join Rebecca Thomas to discuss recently renewed tensions between Iran and the United States.