About this episode

Massoud Amin discusses the complexities of the conflict involving Iran, America, and Israel, highlighting historical events and their consequences.

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
• war
• sanctions
• democracy
• political history

Keywords

• Iran
• America
• Israel
• sanctions
• 1953 coup
• democracy
• JCPOA
• economic pain
• political systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wisdom Editions

Books & works: Both Your Houses: Iran, America, and the Wages of Unchecked Power

Places: Iran, America, Israel

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