About this episode

The episode discusses Iran's Supreme Leader's critical decision regarding U.S. military threats and its implications for the region.

Iran's Supreme Leader faces what may be the defining decision of his tenure: capitulate to American demands and risk looking weak enough to invite future attacks, or absorb a U.S. military strike and bet that the regime survives it. According to Dr. Raz Zimmt, Khamenei has already made his choice. On February 27, Wikistrat hosted one of Israel's leading Iran experts, who laid out why a military strike is now more likely than an agreement, and what it could mean for the regime, the region, and the balance of power in the Middle East

People in this episode

Host: Wikistrat

Guest: Dr. Raz Zimmt

Topics covered

• Iran
• US foreign policy
• military strategy
• Middle East politics
• regime survival
• international relations

Keywords

• Iran
• US
• military strike
• Khamenei
• Middle East
• regime survival
• foreign policy

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, United States, Middle East

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