Iran Protests Explained: Trump, Israel, and What’s at Stake

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In this episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’  Mehdi gets straight down to the facts on Iran with one of the world’s leading authorities on Middle Eastern politics and Shia Islam – Vali Nasr. Vali Nasr is an Iranian-American author and academic who formerly served as a Senior Adviser in the Obama State Department and provides his expert analysis on all the wide-ranging issues that have come out of the protests in Iran. In this interview he discusses just how bloody Iran’s repression has been, the role of foreign agitators, whether the US would see revenge attacks if Trump were to take out Iran’s Supreme Leader and what civil war could look like in Iran among other things. *This interview was published over a week ago on Zeteo’s Substack. If you would like early access to exclusive content like this, then do consider becoming a paid subscriber at zeteo.com. Your support goes a long way in helping us bring fearless, independent journalism to you. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:09 Protests 04:34 Death Toll 07:47 Foreign Agitators 11:24 US 14:41 Trump 18:44 Supreme Leader 21:39 US-Israeli Attack 27:27 Economy Subscribe to Zeteo to support independent and unfiltered journalism: https://zeteo.com/subscribe Find Zeteo: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com Find Mehdi: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan