Yesterday

Purges, Polygraphs and Propaganda; Selling the War

Trump admin is trying to rewrite history in real time and to put a positive spin on the war on Iran. But rising prices, provocative social media posts, and the Pentagon’s combative relationship with the press make that story harder to sell.Negar Mortazavi joins Aljazeera’s Listen ... Show More

11m 17s

Sep 9

Tanker War in the Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. war on Iran has entered a dangerous new phase: a tanker war in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says it attacked 10 ships after the U.S. sank 5 Iranian oil tankers, pushing Brent crude above $100. Negar Mortazavi on NPR: wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/09/09/oil-prices-strait-of-horm ... Show More

5m 47s

Sep 2

U.S. Attacks Wedding in Iran

U.S. attacks wedding in Iran. Are Washington and Tehran heading for more escalation? Negar Mortazavi joins Aljazeera

4m 53s

Feb 2024

The View From Iran

To understand any country's foreign policy you need to understand domestic political dynamics. So what is driving Iranian decision making right now? Negar Mortazavi is a journalist, host of the Iran Podcast and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. I reached ou ... Show More

25m 36s

Oct 2022

Fighting for freedom in Iran

Tommy and Ben discuss the latest news out of Ukraine, including the increasingly vocal criticism of the war effort from Putin’s allies and talk of nuclear weapons use. Then they cover the election results in Brazil, prisoner releases, trickle down economics get humiliated in t ... Show More

1h 15m

Dec 2022

Understanding Iran

Yeganeh and Jason Rezaian join Ben to answer all of your burning questions about Iran: what life is like for girls and women, why this movement is different than any before it, the risk of civil war or wider conflict, and why we should all care about the future of Iran and its pe ... Show More

1h 21m

Oct 2020

The Iranian Playbook

On this week's World Review from the New Statesman, Emily Tamkin in Washington DC and Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin, are joined by the NS's international correspondent Ido Vock and Ariane Tabatabai, Mid East Fellow at the Alliance for Security Democracy. They discuss Iran's role in its ... Show More

41m 44s

Nov 2023

What should the U.S. do about Iran?

Iran. Since Hamas's attack on Israel, U.S. politicians and pundits have been debating how the United States should position its foreign policy toward Iran. You can read today's podcast<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/"> ⁠⁠here⁠⁠</a>, our “U ... Show More

25m 22s

Sep 2024

The killing of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

Today on the show, Fareed speaks with New York Times Magazine staff writer Ronen Bergman to discuss how Israel was able to carry out its assassination of Hezbollah’s leader in Beirut, and what might come next as tensions continue to rise throughout the region. Then, in his fir ... Show More

41m 4s

Aug 2021

Iran under Raisi

How will Iran’s new president tackle growing disillusionment at home, a potentially hostile regime on its eastern border and negotiations to revive the nuclear deal? Andrew England, the FT’s Middle East editor, discusses what we can expect from Ebrahim Raisi with Sanam Va ... Show More

30m 10s

Jun 2025

In Iran before the war

Just weeks before war erupted between Israel and Iran, journalist Max Blumenthal and Ahmad Hussam traveled to Tehran. In this exclusive podcast episode, they reflect on what they witnessed, how the political atmosphere felt on the ground, and what the West gets wrong about Iran.T ... Show More

1h 47m

Jul 2025

What Iran Wants

Historian and podcaster Afshon Ostovar joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the ideology and strategy of Iran, its recent conflict with Israel and what the future might hold for the Islamic Republic. Produced by Finbar Anderson

53m 46s

Six Months of War on Iran