Two Sons of Iran Debate Its Regime

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guests today are Meir Javedanfar, lecturer in Iranian Studies at Reichman University in Tel Aviv, and Nader Hashemi, professor of Middle East politics at Georgetown. Though both are from Iran, they offer two very divergent perspectives on Iran’s history and present. I’m grateful they were willing to let me moderate a discussion between them. Topics include: The origins of the Iran-Israel conflict Whether Iran’s international policy is motivated more by politics or religion Why America and Israel have gone to war with Iran now Whether arming Iranian insurgents could have overthrown the regime Whether the Iranian regime is stronger or weaker now than it was before Israel and the US attacked