Negar Mortazavi speaks with Alex Vatanka about Iran’s domestic politics and mass protests, the crisis of legitimacy and the issue of succession, Tehran’s deescalation with the Washington and regional engagement with its Arab neighbors, and the continuous shift to the East towards Russia and China.
Guest: Alex Vatanka, Director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute, and author of “The Battle of the Ayatollahs in Iran: The United States, Foreign Policy, and Political Rivalry Since 1979”.
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