Iran is winning the war with the US. This is how

Iran is winning the war with the US. This is how

From Geopolitical Economy Report by Ben Norton

April 2, 2026 · 32 min

About this episode

Ben Norton discusses how Iran is gaining the upper hand in its conflict with the US and Israel, highlighting strategic goals and military tactics.

Iran is winning the war that was started by the USA and Israel. This is now admitted even by major Western media outlets. Tehran has successfully destroyed the US military bases in West Asia (aka the Middle East), forcing the Pentagon to operate from Europe. Ben Norton explains Iran's goals, and how it is seeking to establish deterrence and escalation dominance, using asymmetric tactics. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV26rb-9YsE Topics 0:00 Iran is winning the war 2:32 Iran's strategic goals 2:47 Failure of regime change 3:34 US military bases 4:25 Iran destroyed US bases 7:32 USA wages war from Europe 8:53 Bases used by USA in Europe 9:30 Iran's objectives 10:05 Gulf monarchies (GCC) 13:46 Normalization with Israel 14:54 Threats to Gulf regimes 16:40 Lifting of US sanctions 19:10 Oil and Strait of Hormuz 22:34 Escalation dominance 23:33 Costs of the war 25:34 USA running out of missiles 26:59 Deterrence 29:17 US and Israel are losing 29:42 Multipolar world 31:34 Outro

People in this episode

Host: Ben Norton

Topics covered

  • Iran's military strategy
  • US military presence
  • Middle East geopolitics
  • Deterrence and escalation
  • Asymmetric warfare
  • Normalization with Israel

Keywords

  • Iran
  • US military bases
  • asymmetric tactics
  • deterrence
  • escalation dominance
  • Gulf monarchies
  • sanctions
  • oil
  • Strait of Hormuz

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USA, Israel, Pentagon, Gulf monarchies, GCC

Places: Iran, West Asia, Middle East, Europe, Strait of Hormuz

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