The Latest on the Iran War with Hamidreza Azizi

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Saman Askari discusses the current state of the Iran war with analyst Dr. Hamidreza Azizi.

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Saman Askari speaks with Dr. Hamidreza Azizi, a Visiting Fellow at SWP Berlin and one of the most closely followed analysts of the Iran war, about where the conflict stands on Day 38. The conversation covers how the Islamic Republic has proven more resilient than the U.S. and Israel anticipated, what lessons the regime drew from the 12-day war last year, and why Trump's unpredictability may be undermining rather than strengthening American leverage. Azi...

People in this episode

Host: Saman Askari

Guest: Dr. Hamidreza Azizi

Topics covered

• Iran war
• resilience of the Islamic Republic
• U.S. and Israel relations
• Trump's unpredictability
• conflict analysis

Keywords

• Iran war
• Hamidreza Azizi
• Saman Askari
• U.S. relations
• Trump
• Islamic Republic
• conflict analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SWP Berlin

Places: Iran, U.S., Israel

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