# Taking Stock After Six Months of Iran War; How Sports Betting Is Influencing the Midterms | Aug. 28

https://mins.news/en/video/36266

- NBC News, 2026-08-28 23:29 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnmWzBXp-nw

> Six months after the U.S. and Israel launched the Iran war, the conflict has killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and thousands of others, halted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles. NBC News contributor Hooman Majd examines why the U.S. strategy has failed and why Iranians have not risen against their new leadership. The program also looks at sports betting’s influence on this year’s midterm elections.

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