To close in the year, DC Insider spoke with 2018-2019 Soref Fellow Phillip Smyth at The Washington Institute and David DesRoches, an associate professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Security Studies on Iran and Lebanon. Both speakers give no hint of signs of a thaw between Tehran and Washington. {"preview_thumbnail":"https://cdn.flowplayer.com/6684a05f-6468-4ecd-87d5-a748773282a3/i/v-i-e…","video_id":"eba47520-516f-4687-b070-5007d1f0705d","player_id":"8ca46225-42a2-4245-9c20-7850ae937431","provider":"flowplayer","video":"DC Insider"} Would you describe the sanctions on Iran as “finely targeted”? “Some sanctions are targeted at hitting ...