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Why Iran Isn’t Breaking: Vali Nasr on Pain, Patience and the Uprising That Isn’t Coming

Why Iran Isn’t Breaking: Vali Nasr on Pain, Patience and the Uprising That Isn’t Coming

The Mishal Husain Show vor 7 Monaten

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Despite the intensity of the US-Israel bombing campaign, Iran’s
regime, now under a new supreme leader, hasn’t given President
Donald Trump the “unconditional surrender” he’s seeking.

Mishal Husain speaks with Vali Nasr, a professor at Johns Hopkins
University’s School of Advanced International Studies and a
preeminent scholar on the Islamic Republic. His life has been
shaped by the story of Iran over the last 50 years, starting when
his family fled amid the 1979 revolution.

His life’s work has been to study the region and its relationship
with the US. He’s also worked as an adviser to the US State
Department during the Obama administration.

Nasr explains why Tehran believes time is on its side in the war,
and that a prolonged conflict may only strengthen Iranian
nationalism.

02:34 - Why Iran is “prepared to suffer more”

06:28 - What drives the new ayatollah

10:03 - How Iranians view the US and Israel

12:07 - War will last “longer” than Trump hopes

14:00 - School strike, destruction of heritage sites

15:35 - Lessons from the Iran-Iraq war

19:03 - “This is the final battle”

20:17 - Impact of US sanctions

22:40 - Will Iran pursue a nuclear bomb?

26:02 - Iran’s experience of foreign intervention

28:27 - Can Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah, succeed?

30:48 - Nasr’s experience fleeing Iran in 1979

35:15 - Mood among Iranian-Americans

39:32 - Iran’s “rightful place in the world”

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