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Aug 13
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Iran’s Grand Strategy

NEGAR MORTAZAVI
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Episode 134. Negar Mortazavi speaks with Vali Nasr, Professor and former dean at Johns Hopkins University, about Iran’s grand strategy, the 12-day war with Israel, and Iran’s long term foreign policy calculations.


This podcast is supported by the Sanctions Law Center, a boutique law firm in Washington.

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