Massoud Amin, "Both Your Houses: Iran, America, and the Wages of Unchecked Power" (Wisdom Editions, 2026)
About this episode
Massoud Amin discusses the complexities of the conflict involving Iran, America, and Israel, highlighting historical events and the impact of sanctions.
In Both Your Houses: Iran, America, and the Wages of Unchecked Power ( Wisdom Editions, 2026), Massoud Amin confronts the war between Iran, Israel, and the United States, and the civilians caught beneath it. Writing from a dual vantage as an Iranian-born American trained to see how systems break, Amin traces the chain that led to catastrophe. Iran's thwarted democracies. The 1953 coup. The architecture of sanctions was designed to inflict economic pain rather than produce diplomacy—the destruction of the JCPOA while the IAEA was certifying Iranian compliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Guest: Massoud Amin
Topics covered
- Iran
- America
- Israel
- diplomacy
- sanctions
- history
- war
Keywords
- Iran
- America
- Israel
- sanctions
- diplomacy
- 1953 coup
- JCPOA
- war
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Wisdom Editions, IAEA
Books & works: Both Your Houses: Iran, America, and the Wages of Unchecked Power, JCPOA
Places: Iran, America, Israel
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