What Comes Next in Iran?

About this episode

Kim Strassel discusses the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in Iran with Jonathan Schanzer, exploring the implications for the region.

U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran have killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top leaders, while wiping out much of Iran's military capacity. But what remains to be done, and what does the region look like when strikes end? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with Foundation for Defense of Democracies Executive Director Jonathan Schanzer about the initial success of the strikes, Iran's self-defeating response, Israel's new effort to dismantle proxies, the challenges of regime change, and possible scenarios--both good and bad--for a “new Middle East.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Kim Strassel

Guest: Jonathan Schanzer

Topics covered

• Iran
• U.S. airstrikes
• Israel
• military capacity
• regime change
• Middle East scenarios

Keywords

• Iran
• airstrikes
• Khamenei
• military
• regime change
• Middle East
• Israel
• Schanzer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Places: Iran, Israel, Middle East

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