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Welcome to the jetstream, where elite criminal impunity flies above laws and accountability. Russian mafia expert Olga Lautman joins Gaslit Nation to connect the global dots on oligarchy in the White House.  We start with Qatar, a small but powerful gas station dictatorship, and a leading financier of terrorists. Once diplomatically isolated for its links to fellow terror-state Iran as well as groups linked to Al-Qaeda and ISIS, Qatar has been back in business, brokering nuclear talks with Russia and Iran, investing billions with the Kremlin, propping up Hamas, and gifting Trump a $400,000 luxury jet, dubbed a “flying palace.” National security risk? Absolutely. Surveillance threat? Almost certainly. Bribery? Looks like it. But what is Qatar getting in return? Qatar, the second-largest buyer of U.S. weapons, after its nemesis Saudi Arabia, recently secured a $2B U.S. arms deal, thanks to Trump. It also invested $10 billion in a Texas-based natural gas venture that requires federal oversight, under Trump. Andrea and Olga go through all the ways Trump and Qatar enjoy kleptocratic quid-pro-quo, and years of Trump's Middle East-linked corruption that illegally helped him come to power in 2016, enriching him and his family, Kremlin-style.  This week's bonus show, available for subscribers at the Truth-teller level ($5/month) and higher, looks at ways to stay grounded and fight back in the deliberately engineered chaos of oligarchy and its firehose of corruption. Be sure to sign up for a discounted annual subscription to get bonus shows, all shows ad-free, and more. To our subscribers at the Democracy Defender level ($10/month), look out for our Q&A call for questions soon to help shape the show. Thank you to everyone who supports Gaslit Nation–we could not make the show without you. Want to enjoy Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, ad-free episodes, exclusive Q&A sessions, our group chat, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit! Show Notes: Qatar, Russia sign agreement to jointly invest 2 billion euros into sovereign wealth funds https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250423-qatar-russia-sign-agreement-to-jointly-invest-2-billion-euros-into-sovereign-wealth-funds/ Michael Flynn, Russia and a Grand Scheme to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Saudi Arabia and the Arab World https://www.newsweek.com/2017/06/23/flynn-russia-nuclear-energy-middle-east-iran-saudi-arabia-qatar-israel-donald-623396.html Why Qatar is Bribing Trump https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/why-qatar-is-bribing-trump?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2mrjsl House Democrats ask Trump for proof he did not take $10 million 'cash bribe' from Egypt https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/03/trump-egypt-democrats-letter.html Trump touts Saudi relationship as "bedrock of security and prosperity" amid $600 billion investment deal https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-speaking-us-saudi-investment-summit-riyadh/ 2 Trump-aligned GOP operatives face foreign agent charges for helping Qatar https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/02/trump-gop-qatar-00133567 Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G08.dUBd.YVKXSVfgqo8i&smid=url-share The Qatar bribery allegations featuring Trump, Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, and the Steele dossier, explained https://theweek.com/speedreads/773479/qatar-bribery-allegations-featuring-trump-michael-cohen-michael-flynn-steele-dossier-explained Qatar pursues US-Iranian nuclear steps after detainee swap https://www.reuters.com/world/qatar-pursues-us-iranian-nuclear-steps-after-detainee-swap-2023-09-20/ Exclusive: Qatar held separate talks with US, Iran touching on nuclear, drones https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/qatar-held-separate-talks-with-us-iran-touching-nuclear-drones-2023-09-20/ Iran seeks Russia's support for its nuclear talks with US https://apnews.com/article/iran-russia-us-nuclear-negotiations-2bae3b073bcac464ad9b44a8d5a4c581 EVENTS AT GASLIT NATION: May 26 4pm ET – Book club discussion of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Stride Toward Freeom: The Montgomery Story Indiana-based listeners launched a Signal group for others in the state to join, available on Patreon. Florida-based listeners are going strong meeting in person. Be sure to join their Signal group, available on Patreon. Have you taken Gaslit Nation's HyperNormalization Survey Yet? Gaslit Nation Salons take place Mondays 4pm ET over Zoom and the first ~40 minutes are recorded and shared on Patreon.com/Gaslit for our community 

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with analyst Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute about Iran and the U.S. Their conversation spans from exploring decision-making authority and processes in Iran to the impact that U.S. sanctions have on ordinary people in Iran, where poverty has risen dramatically. They speak in depth about the regional and economic dynamics that may have primed Iran for a deal with the United States, including a growing recognition about both the potential and limits on what Russia and China can provide, and the possibility that President Trump will break with DC orthodoxy to make a deal. Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute. He is an award-winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign policy, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has authored four books on US foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and Israel. His first book, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press, 2007), won the silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations. His second book, A Single Roll of the Dice – Obama's Diplomacy with Iran (Yale University Press, 2012) and was selected by Foreign Affairs as the Best Book of 2012 on the Middle East. Parsi's latest book – Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy (Yale University Press, 2017) – reveals the behind the scenes story to the nuclear deal with Iran. Parsi was born in Iran but moved with his family at the age of four to Sweden in order to escape political repression in Iran. His father was an outspoken academic who was jailed by the Shah and then by the Ayatollah. He moved to the United States as an adult and studied foreign policy at Johns Hopkins' School for Advanced International Studies where he received his PhD under Francis Fukuyama and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Ahmed Moor is a Palestinian-American writer born in Gaza and a 2025 Fellow at FMEP. He is an advisory board member of the US Campaign for Palestinian rights, co-editor of After Zionism (Saqi Books) and is currently writing a book about Palestine. He also currently serves on the board of the Independence Media Foundation. His work has been published in The Guardian, The London Review of Books, The Nation, and elsewhere. He earned a BA at the University of Pennsylvania and an MPP at Harvard University. Original music by Jalal Yaquoub.

With Ankara warning Tehran not to undermine Syria's new rulers and its ongoing peace efforts with Kurdish rebels, regional rivalry with Iran has been intensifying. However, Turkey's concerns about potential US military action against Iran over its nuclear energy programme are now providing a rare point of convergence between the two rivals. After months of diplomatic barbs and threats exchanged between Ankara and Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, on Wednesday praised his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, for what he described as a “constructive and supportive position” regarding the indirect US-Iranian talks in Oman over Iran's nuclear energy programme.Oman TalksThe Oman talks aim to avert a possible US military strike on Iran, an option that President Donald Trump has not ruled out. Despite the strained relations with Tehran, avoiding confrontation remains a priority for Ankara.“Turkey would be concerned for many reasons,” claims Özgür Ünlühisarcıklı, who heads the German Marshall Fund's office in Ankara.“This would be just another war on Turkey's borders. Turkey would have to deal with difficult problems, and instability in Iran would almost certainly lead to an additional wave of refugees,” he added.Kurdish leader Ocalan calls for PKK disarmament, paving way for peaceTurkish diplomatic tensions with Iran have been on the rise, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issuing thinly veiled threats to Tehran, urging it not to interfere in Ankara's efforts to end the conflict with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged a decades-long campaign for greater minority rights within Turkey.“Ankara believes that Iran is trying to undermine this [peace] process both in Turkey and in Syria,” observes Serhan Afacan, who heads the Centre for Iranian Studies, a research organisation based in Ankara.In February, the imprisoned PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, called for his organisation to disarm. With the PKK operating from bases in Iraq and having an affiliated group in Syria, Ankara has frequently accused Tehran of using the PKK as a proxy in its regional contest for power and influence. Afacan contends that Ankara fears Tehran still holds sway over the Kurdish rebels.“Especially in Syria, Iran might try to convince them not to respond positively to Öcalan's call – this has been Turkey's main concern,” warned Afacan.Iranian uneaseThe recent ousting of long-time Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has deprived Iran of a key ally, while Syria's new rulers are aligned with Ankara rather than Tehran. A peace agreement between Turkish forces and Kurdish rebels would only deepen Iran's unease over Turkey's growing regional influence.“Turkey is about to end the PKK through its policies both domestically and regionally, and this is causing a kind of panic on the Iranian side,” observes Bilgehan Alagöz, a professor of international relations at Istanbul's Marmara University. “Iran sees this as a threat to its regional influence and a development that could empower Turkey,” Alagöz added.Nevertheless, Syria's Kurdish-led militia, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which maintains close ties with the PKK, has stated it is not bound by Öcalan's call to disarm. Although it has agreed in principle with Syria's new rulers to merge its forces, the precise terms of the arrangement remain unclear.Syria's new leadershipTensions also persist between the SDF and Syria's new leadership. The Kurdish-led militia continues to demand greater autonomy within Syria — a position opposed by Damascus's new rulers and their backers in Ankara. Turkey suspects Tehran of favouring a decentralised and weakened Syria — a goal analysts say is also shared by Israel.“The Middle East makes strange bedfellows,” notes Gallia Lindenstrauss, a foreign policy expert at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. “Sometimes, these things unfold in ways that are surprising.”Lindenstrauss also questions the Israeli government's zero-sum view of Turkey, which it sees as both a rival and a supporter of Syria's new rulers.He told RFI: “I'm not sure this idea of a decentralised Syria is fully thought through by Jerusalem. I know there's a lot of intellectual energy devoted to this line of thinking. But clearly, we don't want Iran to use Syria to its advantage. A centralised regime might be a better scenario for Syria. But that comes at a cost — and the cost is increased Turkish involvement and influence in Syria. So, there is a dilemma.”Last month, Fidan angered Tehran by warning that Iran could face instability if it attempted to destabilise Syria — a statement some analysts interpret as a veiled reference to Iran's sizeable and often restive Turkish minority, which is viewed with suspicion by Tehran.Ünlühisarcıklı believes Ankara sees itself as gaining the upper hand in its regional rivalry with Tehran, yet remains cautious about the risks posed by a potential US-Iran conflict.Turkey's Erdogan sees new Trump presidency as opportunity“Turkey has outcompeted Iran, and it has no objection to Iran being further weakened,” Ünlühisarcıklı remarked.“But Turkey would have a serious problem with Iran being targeted militarily, as that would destabilise the entire region.”Avoiding such a conflict now offers common ground for Turkey and its long-time regional competitor Iran — a relationship often described as a delicate balance between cooperation and competition.Analysts expect this balancing act to be severely tested in the months to come.

On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian Revolutionaries stormed the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and took 66 American diplomats and citizens hostage.  Over the next 444 days, the hostage crisis dominated the news and became the single biggest foreign policy issue for both the United States and Iran.  Even after the hostages were released, it has affected US/Iranian relations for the last four decades.  Learn more about the Iranian Hostage Crisis, its causes and how it was resolved on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed MasterClass Get up to 50% off at MASTERCLASS.COM/EVERYWHERE Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! ButcherBox New users that sign up for ButcherBox will receive 2 lbs of grass-fed ground beef in every box for the lifetime of their subscription + $20 off your first box when you use code daily at checkout! Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We start the show by asking about the acceptance of political violence, following the healthcare executive murder. Then, GBH News executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses Commonwealth Shakes' A Christmas Carol and Made in Germany at the Harvard Art Museums. National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the Wisconsin school shooting, and the arrest of a US-Iranian citizen in Massachusetts in connection to a drone strike that killed American soldiers in Jordan earlier this year. Catherine D'Amato of the Greater Boston Food Bank and Linda Matchan of Globe Santa talk about how to help the hungry and less fortunate this holiday season. CNN's John King joins to discuss the latest national politics headlines. Then we open up the phone lines to hear about your best and worst holiday office party experiences. 

Ralph welcomes Middle East expert and executive VP of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Trita Parsi, to fill us in on the consequences of Israel boobytrapping pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and how those tactics have the potential to blow back on us in the United States. Then we welcome back surgeon and humanitarian, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, who has worked in Gaza during the Israeli assault, to update us on his efforts to get the Biden Administration to convince Israel to stop the killing. Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and the co-founder and former President of the National Iranian American Council. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign policy, and the geopolitics of the Middle East, and has worked for the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN, where he served in the Security Council, handling the affairs of Afghanistan, Iraq, Tajikistan, and Western Sahara, and in the General Assembly's Third Committee, addressing human rights in Iran, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Iraq. He has authored three books on US foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and Israel— Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States, A Single Roll of the Dice – Obama's Diplomacy with Iran, and Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy.We're in a very sad situation in which we have a president who has been sitting on the front lines of American foreign policy for one-fifth of America's history, who thinks that he knows everything best, and clearly doesn't seem to be listening to anyone. And there's plenty of discontent inside the Biden administration itself—and people appear to have just given up and are waiting for the elections—but there's no clear signs yet that there won't necessarily be much of a change even after that.Trita ParsiLet's first remember that if any other entity had done this to Israel—or to us—we would not have hesitated for a second. We would have called it an act of terrorism, and we would have called it an act of war.Trita ParsiDr. Feroze Sidhwa is a trauma and critical care surgeon as well as a Northern California Veterans Affairs general surgeon, and he is Associate Professor of Surgery at the California Northstate University College of Medicine. Dr. Sidhwa served at the European Hospital in Khan Younis in March and April of this year, and he has done prior humanitarian work in Haiti, the West Bank, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe. Dr. Sidhwa and 45 other American doctors and nurses who have served in Gaza recently sent a letter exhorting President Biden, VP Harris, and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to effect an immediate ceasefire.It's hard to appreciate, but really literally everything in Gaza that makes a place a society has been destroyed. I think of it in three levels— at the very base is agriculture, food production, and housing, at the level above that is healthcare, and at the level above that is things that are for a higher level of society, education, arts, industry, whatever. That top level is gone. Literally every university in Gaza has been obliterated, physically destroyed…The hospital system is almost completely useless right now…the functionality of the hospitals is very little more than a four walled space in which people can walk into and ask for a doctor to put bandages on them. And then even the lowest level…something like 85 or 90 % of the water sanitation and hygiene infrastructure in Gaza has been destroyed.Dr. Feroze SidhwaThis is just outrageous. I mean, why are we doing this even to ourselves? Is it worth corrupting the entire executive department of the United States so that we can murder more children? Is that what Americans want? I don't think so.Dr. Feroze SidhwaLet's talk about Lebanon itself, not just Hezbollah. This is war on Lebanon—that has a dysfunctional government, to be sure— but it is a state that the U.S. is allied with in a way, supplying modest weapons to the Lebanese army, and France has had long relations with Lebanon going back to the mandate period. In the U.S., this is a whole new constituency where they're losing relatives and friends.Ralph NaderMore links to the letter sent by Dr. Sidhwa and his colleagues:To Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in CanadaTo Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the UKHow to email the PresidentHow to call the PresidentWrite or Call the White HouseIn Case You Didn't Hear with Francesco DeSantisNews 9/25/241. On September 11th, Senator Patty Murray and Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal sent a letter to the Biden administration demanding “an immediate, transparent, credible, and thorough independent U.S. investigation…into the killing of [Ayşenur] Eygi,” the American citizen murdered by Israeli forces during a protest in the West Bank. Senator Murray and Representative Jayapal both represent Washington state, where Ms. Eygi attended university. In this letter, Murray and Jayapal also list the numerous American citizens killed by Israeli soldiers even before the current explosion of tensions in the region, ranging from Rachel Corrie in 2003 to Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022. Senator Bernie Sanders echoed this call in his own statement on September 13th. Despite this pressure, the administration has not launched an investigation. The government of Turkey however – where Ms. Eygi was born, though she moved the United States when she was less than a year old – will pursue charges against Israel in the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice, Reuters reports.2. The Intercept reports that the Uncommitted Movement will not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. In their official statement, the Movement leaders write “Vice President Harris's unwillingness to shift on unconditional weapons policy or to even make a clear campaign statement in support of upholding existing U.S. and international human rights law has made it impossible for us to endorse her.” Harris proved unwilling to even meet with the Uncommitted leaders. This cold shoulder could have disastrous consequences, particularly in Michigan where Uncommitted garnered over 100,000 votes in the Democratic primaries.3. Boeing is again in crisis. On September 20th, the New York Post reported that the chief of the company's space unit, Ted Colbert, had been ousted after Boeing's Starliner capsule left astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore stranded on the International Space Station. This comes amid a massive strike by Boeing machinists, 96% of whom voted in favor of the strike per Ryan Simms of KOMO News. The New York Post adds that Boeing's shares have lost over 40% of their value so far this year.4. In more union related news, on September 18th, the Congressional Workers Union announced that “staff in the Office of Congressman Mark Pocan and Congresswoman Val Hoyle secured the first-ever Memorandums of Understanding…between congressional staff and their members.” These MOUs include salary increases, back pay, and immediate cost-of-living adjustments. The union will continue to press for the first ever Congressional office collective bargaining agreement.5. On September 12th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “filed a proposed order against student loan servicer Navient for its years of failures and lawbreaking.” If approved by the court, this order would permanently “remove Navient from a market where it, among other illegal actions, steered numerous student loan borrowers into costly repayment options…illegally deprived student borrowers of opportunities to enroll in more affordable income-driven repayment plans and forced them to pay much more than they should have.” Additionally, Navient would be forced to pay out $100 million to harmed borrowers, on top of a $20 million penalty. CFPB Director Rohit Chopra is quoted saying “For years, Navient's top executives profited handsomely by exploiting students and taxpayers…By banning the notorious student loan giant from federal student loan servicing and ensuring the winddown of these operations, the CFPB will finally put an end to the years of abuse.” Navient, formerly Sallie Mae, is described as “a repeat offender with a long history of regulatory violations,” and when the CFPB first took legal action against the company in 2017, it was the largest student loan servicer in the country.6. More Perfect Union's Jordan Zakarin reports the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Starbucks illegally closed all three of its Ithaca, New York locations and that the NLRB “ordered that those stores be re-opened, with the unionized staff re-hired and given 16 months of backpay.” Yet, Zakarin notes that because this was decided by an administrative law judge, Starbucks can and more than likely will appeal this decision. This case starkly exemplifies why the capitalist class feels so threatened by the newly reinvigorated NLRB.7. A deeply disturbing story sheds light on sexual assault by CIA officers in postings around the world. The AP reports Brian Jeffrey Raymond, a longtime CIA agent, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for drugging, photographing, and sexually assaulting more than two dozen women in postings around the globe. Yet Raymond's case is just the tip of the iceberg. “[A]nother veteran CIA officer faces…charges in Virginia for allegedly reaching up a co-worker's skirt and forcibly kissing her during a drunken party in the office…Still another former CIA employee…is scheduled to face a jury trial next month on charges he assaulted a woman…at the agency's Langley, Virginia, headquarters. That case emboldened some two dozen women to come forward to authorities and Congress with accounts of their own of sexual assaults, unwanted touching and what they contend are the CIA's efforts to silence them.” Tellingly, even Raymond's own attorneys contended that his “quasi-military” work at the CIA in the years following 9/11 contributed to his “emotional callousness [and] objectification of other people,” that led to his preying upon women. It is well worth remembering that, once set in motion, dehumanization is not easily stopped.8. Amid an expansive corruption probe in New York City, Gothamist reports just how much the NYPD is receiving in overtime pay in the subway; whereas last year, this slice of overtime pay totaled $4 million in taxpayer money, this year it has ballooned to $155 million, a nearly 4,000% increase. Meanwhile the Mayor continues to slash budgets for essential city services, such as libraries.9. Rolling Stone reports the Crypto lobby is spending gargantuan sums of money to take out Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown – reportedly $32 million by the end of September, or $800,000 per day. Aware that their cause is unpopular, they are not running pro-Crypto ads, but instead spots that say his opponent will stop “illegal immigrants from taking Ohio's tax dollars.” As Luke Goldstein of the American Prospect puts it “Dems are getting played like a fiddle by crypto; Schumer caved to their demands to stop the bleeding and then crypto PACs said thanks we're still dropping $32 mil in OH to knock out your senate majority.”10. Finally, in a story featuring a dizzying array of the worst things imaginable, Bloomberg reports “The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania will invest $1.6 billion to revive it, agreeing to sell all the output to Microsoft…as the tech titan seeks…electricity for data centers to power [AI].” This story notes that “one of the site's two units permanently closed almost a half-century ago after the worst…nuclear accident” in American history, but Constellation Energy is “planning to reopen the other reactor, which shut in 2019 because it couldn't compete economically.” In other words, Microsoft is dumping money into a defunct nuclear power plant that has proven to be unsafe for the sole purpose of powering AI that has no proven benefits. Corporate greed caused a catastrophe at Three Mile Island before. Corporate hubris could easily cause another.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. 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This episode explores the Iranian Revolution of 1979, highlighting the downfall of the Pahlavi monarchy and the rise of an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini. The revolution reshaped Iranian society and had significant global implications, including strained US-Iranian relations.

It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Arvin Alaigh, writer & political activist from New Jersey, currently a Ph.D student at the University of Cambridge, to discuss his recent piece in The Nation entitled "Abolishing the “Ballot Line” Will Reshape Progressive Politics." Then, she speaks with Mya Frazier, journalist based in Columbus, Ohio, to discuss her recent piece in Harper's entitled “The Eviction Experts.” First, Emma runs through updates on +972's recent report on Israel's use of AI technology to bomb the families of Palestinian targets, Biden's supposed “anger” over Israel's slaughter of World Central Kitchen workers, Israeli elections, Donald Trump's legal woes, Ukraine's war efforts, labor action in Alabama and Chicago, fascism in Texas and Alabama, and emissions reporting, before watching Richard Haass' call for sanctions against Israel. Arvin Alaigh then joins, first walking through what New Jersey's “ballot line” voting entailed, and how it drastically reduces the chances of outsider and non-county-endorsed candidates in state primaries. Stepping back, Alaigh walks Emma through the corrupt politics that the ballot line policy has enabled, with two major culprits, Governor Phil Murphy and Senator Bob Menendez, also inspiring the most recent scandal, with Gov. Murphy using his power to push his wife onto the preferred ballot spot to replace recently-indicted Sen. Menendez's seat, seeing opposition Andy Kim file suit with no pushback from even Murphy's allies. Wrapping up, Arvin tackles the current state of the suit, and the ongoing injunction against New Jersey's ballot line policy. Mya Frazier then brings Emma through a brief history of her reporting on eviction and tenant-landlord power dynamics, and how reporting on the wave of evictions in the wake of the end of the COVID-19 eviction moratorium brought her to a corporate landlord conference of the Columbus Apartment Association. Expanding on this, Frazier walks through the major role that tech companies and startups played at the conference, advertising their ability to automate and streamline much of the landlord process, and how the automation trend plays with the increasing private consolidation of housing to severely undermines the power of tenants, bringing mass and constant eviction crisis to places like Columbus (Ohio). Next, Frazier parses through the severe necessity (and near impossibility) of federal housing regulation for tenants' rights, before wrapping up with a who's who of the consolidation of the housing market. 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Ep 104 Aneace Haddad Soaring Beyond Midlife What if the same forces that drive someone to change partners, quit their job or buy a convertible could instead bring rejuvenating energy to their current life, career, or organization? My guest, Aneace Haddad, is only the 3rd man I have interviewed in over 100 episodes. This will be worth your time! Check out Episodes Happy Birthday Marine or Drumming as Therapy  Aneace, an Executive Level Coach guides Chief Executive, Financial and Technology Officers (CEO, CFO, and CTO) to embrace the changes of midlife, re-define leadership, and embark on an authentic self-discovery journey. Discover the similarities and differences in both men and women after 40, 50, and beyond as we navigate what Aneace calls, the 3 Winds of Change. In his latest book, Soaring Beyond Midlife, Aneace brings an international and multi-cultural perspective to shine the light of wisdom on how clinging to our professional, personal, or parental identity can hold us back from taking flight to become the person we were meant to be in the world. Hear how he supported a client to develop empathy at home in order to translate the skills in the workplace to experience less turnover. Learn a surprising connection to the age and stage of a leader's children to how one relates to colleagues and team members at work? Aneace lives in Singapore and travels internationally for work. He is fascinated by the skill sets that emerge out of the midlife transformation. Are the Executive Skills of a 45 year old the same as a 55 year old? Which is more important to develop, humility or an iron will? Aneace heritage is half US/Iranian, lived in France and Singapore - Aneace's 15-year experience coaching multinational leaders, author of 'The Eagle that Drank Hummingbird Nectar', brings incredibly valuable insights. Contact Aneace LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aneace/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aneacehaddadpersonal/ WATCH on YOUTUBE: Teaser https://youtu.be/vlQDPAgaki0 Full https://youtu.be/k666azIFXus   Follow Hillary IG https://www.instagram.com/womensmidlifenetwork FB https://www.facebook.com/WomensMidlifeNetwork LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillary-baggett-communitybloom/ Grab our FREE How to Make a Day Great Guide: https://www.womensmidlifenetwork.com/great-day

Jen explores Nikki Haley's impact on Trump's electoral prospects and the toxicity of the Republican Congress, before welcoming foreign policy maven Aaron David Miller.  They discuss the recent history of US-Iranian relations, the danger Iran's proxies pose to our forces, and review the most effective ways to protect our interests.  Then, they break down the mechanics of Middle Eastern politics, and game out the next phase of the Israel-Hamas war.  Their analysis covers getting back the hostages, Israel's internal politics, how the conflict will be fought going forward, and what it will take to reach a lasting detente. Get More From This Week's Guest: Aaron David Miller: Twitter | Carnegie Endowment For International Peace | Carnegie Connects Podcast | Author Please Support This Week's Sponsor: Magic Spoon:  Save $5 off a delicious variety pack of protein filled Magic Spoon Cereal when you go to magicspoon.com/greenroom and use the promo code: GREENROOM Get More From Jennifer Rubin: Twitter | Threads | WaPo | Author of “Resistance: How Women Saved Democracy From Donald Trump”

This week on Talk world Radio we're talking about U.S. public opinion on Gaza with two guests in the first half. Stephen Miles is President of Win Without War. And Eva Galanes-Rosenbaum is Chief Operating Officer and former Director of Research & Analysis at ReThink Media, a nonprofit advocacy organization that supports movements through media and communications. See the polling we discuss: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hVYMXTLrnthiza1hWAHi2FTxcoM5TBXD/view In the second half, we turn to Trita Parsi who is an award-winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is the Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and an expert on US-Iranian relation. To take action online and learn more on this topic visit https://worldbeyondwar.org/gaza-genocide

Here's how to indict Kammi Harris, Jay Inslee, Gavin NewsomIs the latest leaked indictment of President Trump fictitious? In today's show, we discuss the activist Fani Willis who is behind this fake indictment leak. We look into the pathway in which to indict Kammi Harris, Jay Inslee, and Gavin Newsom playing by the same rules in the indictment of President Trump. In addition we'll hear about another coup, that the US precipitated against another populous leader. What does God's Word say? Galatians 5:19-2419 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, 20 idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 Now those who [h]belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.Psalm 37:12-20The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.14 The wicked draw the sword and bend the bowto bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.16 Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;17 for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.18 The blameless spend their days under the Lord's care, and their inheritance will endure forever.19 In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.20 But the wicked will perish: Though the Lord's enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.Episode 1,024 LinksThis is an actual line from the Georgia indictment. This is not a criminal case. It is a bid to nullify the United States Constitution.Fani Willis Makes Huge Mistake, Court May Throw Out Anti-Trump Case before It StartsFulton County DA deflects on how indictment leaked: ‘I can't tell you anything'A document describing indictments appeared briefly online"He sucked the soul out of the Republican party... He's taken everything from us, and it is our turn to take it back." - former GOP Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan. "Our turn." This is the position of the anti-Trump Republican today, ahead of 2024. The ones cheering the indictments. Clarifying.Biden ‘Close' to Declaring ‘Climate Emergency' to Ration Gas, Electricity, MeatTwo Princeton, MIT Scientists Say EPA Climate Regulations Based on a ‘Hoax' Physicist, meteorologist testify that the climate agenda is ‘disastrous' for AmericaNew York Times appears on board with South Africa's “revenge” plan to eliminate whites…LEAKED Secret “Cypher” Catches Biden Red Handed in Ouster of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran KhanBiden reaches $6B deal to free Americans in exchange for jailed Iranians; Five Americans to return home in US-Iranian prisoner swapABC Continues Harassing Justice Thomas, Still Ignoring Biden BriberyNiger coup leaders refuse to let senior U.S. diplomat meet with deposed president; “They were quite firm about how they want to proceed,” Victoria Nuland said. 4Patriots https://4patriots.com Protect your family with Food kits, solar generators and more at 4Patriots. Use code TODD for 10% off your first purchase. Alan's Soaps https://alanssoaps.com/TODD Use coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price. BiOptimizers https://magbreakthrough.com/todd Use promo code TODD for 10% off your order. Bonefrog https://bonefrog.us Enter promo code TODD at checkout to receive 10% off your subscription. Bulwark Capital http://KnowYourRiskRadio.com Find out how Bulwark Capital Actively Manages risk. Call 866-779-RISK or visit KnowYourRiskRadio.com Patriot Mobile https://patriotmobile.com/herman Get free activation today with offer code HERMAN. Visit or call 878-PATRIOT. RuffGreens https://ruffgreens.com/todd Get your FREE Jumpstart Trial Bag of Ruff Greens, simply cover shipping. Visit or call 877-MYDOG-64. SOTA Weight Loss https://sotaweightloss.com SOTA Weight Loss is, say it with me now, STATE OF THE ART! Sound of Freedom https://angel.com/freedom Join the two million and see Sound of Freedom in theaters July 4th. GreenHaven Interactive https://greenhaveninteractive.com Digital Marketing including search engine optimization and website design.

Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz and two un-named US Iranian dual nationals were released to house arrest in Iran, which could lead to their eventual repatriation to the US. Also on the programme: President Biden has declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Hawaii; and we hear how research on lizards could offer insights into the treatment of osteoarthritis. (Image: US-Iranian Siamak Namazi is among those freed from Evin prison under the deal, Credit: Free the Namazis)

Two female journalists in Iran are on trial for covering the death of 22 year old Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in custody last year sparking protests across the country and months of unrest and shocked the world. Mahsa was arrested and charged with not covering her hair properly and then reportedly so severely beaten she fell into a coma. Niloofar Homedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were among the first to report on her death; a photo taken by Niloofar for the Shargh daily newspaper showing Amini's parents hugging each other in a Tehran hospital where their daughter was lying in a coma drew international attention. While Mohammadi, traveled to report on Mahsa Amini's funeral. Faranak Amidi, BBC Near East Women Affairs Correspondent discusses. Now Sex and the City fans have been celebrating some exciting, and rather unexpected, news - Variety magazine reports that Kim Cattrall will be reprising her role as Samantha Jones in the spin-off And Just Like That. She was noticeably absent from the first season, and it's reported that she will only be appearing in one scene in the show's finale. There has been much speculation about how it came to happen as she has reportedly had a strained relationship with fellow cast-mate Sarah Jessica Parker, who also acts as an Executive Producer on the show. Journalist and Sex and the City fan, Olivia Petter joins Anita. One consequence of the overturning of Roe V Wade, which has made accessing an abortion more difficult in some US states, is that there's been a rise in the number of men seeking vasectomies. An estimated 20,000 extra men chose to undergo the surgery between July and December last year. Anita Rani talks to Dr. Stanton Honig the director of the Yale Medicine Male Reproductive Health & Sexual Medicine Program. A new study by the Universities of Glasgow and Cardiff has found that male characters in video games speak twice as much as female characters, and when female characters do speak, they're more likely to apologise, hesitate or be polite. We discuss the findings and the reasons behind the gendered dialogue with a lead author of the study, Dr Stephanie Rennick, and games writer and narrative designer Samantha Webb. African midwife Edna Adan Ismail is known as the ‘Woman of Firsts'. She's Somaliland's first trained midwife, first female Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former First Lady. And now she has added another first to her title. She is this year's winner of the Templeton Prize - making her the first black African woman to receive the honour. She has been awarded the £1.1 million prize for her contribution to women's health. In 2002 she sold everything she owned to build The Edna Adan Hospital and University which has played a crucial role in cutting maternal mortality rates in Somaliland. She still lives and works within the hospital. Edna Adan Ismail explains what life is like for women in Somaliland, and what will she spend the prize money on.  Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey

National pigs-in-a-blanket day. Pop culturre from 1991. Trojan horse, Woolworth building opened, Botched rescue of US Iranian hostages. Todays birthdays - Shirley MacLaine, Jill Ireland, Sue Grafton, Barbra Steisand, Jack Blades, Cedric the Entertainer, Kelly Clarkson, Tyson Ritter, Carly Pearce. Estee Lauder died.

Dr Emi Hosoda Is a US Iranian board certified, leading expert on Nutrigenomics & AntI-Ageing. She helps help  people reverse ageing and lose weight through epigenomics and nutrition. Dr.Emi went viral on TikTok with 'the top five things she always does as a doctor who lost 100 pounds in her 50s' and kept it off' 

Xi Jinping has been anointed for a third term as president of China, cementing his position as the country's unchallenged leader. The appointment for what is a largely ceremonial role was expected -- but underlines the hold Mr Xi has over Chinese politics. We ask what he will do with his power. Also in the programme: an extraordinary phone call from inside a Tehran prison. The US-Iranian national Siamak Namazi speaks to an American TV network. We hear from his brother, appealing for Washington's help; and can a summit between the leaders of France and Britain make the entente more cordiale? (Photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping takes his oath during the Third Plenary Session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing China, 10 March 2023. Credit: Mark R Cristino/pool/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Guest Host: Marty Carpenter There's a lot of news on the legal front today... 5 Memphis cops have been charged with the death of a black motorist... the DOJ has arrested 3 men in connection with a plot to assassinate a US-Iranian journalist.... and the body cam video capturing the attack on Paul Pelosi has been released. KSL's Legal Analyst Greg Skordas gives an overview of all these cases.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Saghar Erica Kasraie, a US Iranian-born human rights activist for Iranians. Do not miss what she has to say about the revolution taking place today in Iran. To say that she is inspiring is an understatement.

AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports on Russia Ukraine War Iran Drones

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Weighty U.S. Supreme Court term dawns with environmental and race cases Brazil election Jair Bolsonaro v Lula in crucial Brazilian election Ukraine war Putins annexation will fail, say Ukrainians at eastern front Ground should have been laid for tax cuts, admits Liz Truss Trump staffers not returning White House records, National Archives says Hurricane Ian They stayed for the storm what happens now Florida begins cleanup in aftermath of Ian Iran says it is due 7bn for release of US Iranian father and son Indonesia More than 120 dead in football stampede After chess, cheating rows rock poker and fishing Mark Hamill on Zelensky and Star Wars Their paradise lost to Ian, Sanibel residents hope its spirit survives London Marathon 2022 Race attracts 42,000 participants CNN team visits key city of Lyman, hours after Ukraine regains control from Russian forces Iran protests Reports of students trapped amid clashes in Tehran US frees President Maduros relatives in Venezuela prisoner swap Dems lose ground to Republicans with Latino voters ahead of 2022 midterm elections Hackers release stolen LAUSD data after district refuses to pay ransom

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Watch London Marathon Elite races under way as 40,000 runners start Iran says it is due 7bn for release of US Iranian father and son Indonesia More than 120 dead in football stampede South Carolina surveying damage from Ian CBS Evening News PM Liz Truss faces Kuenssberg as Tory conference opens The coming power shift Biden says we can afford student debt forgiveness after GOP lawsuit Russian forces retreat from strategic Donetsk city a day after Moscows annexation of the region US supreme court to decide cases with monumental impact on democracy Las Vegas shooting Former officer reflects on 5 years since 58 people shot dead at country festival Hurricane Ian They stayed for the storm what happens now Ukraine war Putins annexation will fail, say Ukrainians at eastern front US frees President Maduros relatives in Venezuela prisoner swap Brazil polarised as Bolsonaro seeks re election and Lula aims for comeback Gov. Ron DeSantis defends timing of evacuation orders amid some questions Federal judge rules against Abrams founded voting rights group in Georgia Liu Jingyao and Liu Qiangdong Chinese billionaire sexual assault case settled in US Mark Hamill on Zelensky and Star Wars Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv London Marathon 2022 Race attracts 42,000 participants Iran says it is due 7bn for release of US Iranian father and son Indonesia More than 120 dead in football stampede Florida begins cleanup in aftermath of Ian Dems lose ground to Republicans with Latino voters ahead of 2022 midterm elections Hurricane Ian They stayed for the storm what happens now Their paradise lost to Ian, Sanibel residents hope its spirit survives Weighty U.S. Supreme Court term dawns with environmental and race cases Trump staffers not returning White House records, National Archives says Hackers release stolen LAUSD data after district refuses to pay ransom CNN team visits key city of Lyman, hours after Ukraine regains control from Russian forces Ground should have been laid for tax cuts, admits Liz Truss Ukraine war Putins annexation will fail, say Ukrainians at eastern front Mark Hamill on Zelensky and Star Wars Brazil election Jair Bolsonaro v Lula in crucial Brazilian election After chess, cheating rows rock poker and fishing US frees President Maduros relatives in Venezuela prisoner swap Iran protests Reports of students trapped amid clashes in Tehran

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Brazil election Jair Bolsonaro v Lula in crucial Brazilian election Iran says it is due 7bn for release of US Iranian father and son London Marathon 2022 Race attracts 42,000 participants Hackers release stolen LAUSD data after district refuses to pay ransom Indonesia More than 120 dead in football stampede Ukraine war Putins annexation will fail, say Ukrainians at eastern front After chess, cheating rows rock poker and fishing Dems lose ground to Republicans with Latino voters ahead of 2022 midterm elections Weighty U.S. Supreme Court term dawns with environmental and race cases Iran protests Reports of students trapped amid clashes in Tehran Hurricane Ian They stayed for the storm what happens now Florida begins cleanup in aftermath of Ian Ground should have been laid for tax cuts, admits Liz Truss Mark Hamill on Zelensky and Star Wars US frees President Maduros relatives in Venezuela prisoner swap Their paradise lost to Ian, Sanibel residents hope its spirit survives CNN team visits key city of Lyman, hours after Ukraine regains control from Russian forces Trump staffers not returning White House records, National Archives says

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Liu Jingyao and Liu Qiangdong Chinese billionaire sexual assault case settled in US Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face Gov. Ron DeSantis defends timing of evacuation orders amid some questions Biden says we can afford student debt forgiveness after GOP lawsuit Brazil polarised as Bolsonaro seeks re election and Lula aims for comeback PM Liz Truss faces Kuenssberg as Tory conference opens Iran says it is due 7bn for release of US Iranian father and son The coming power shift US supreme court to decide cases with monumental impact on democracy Mark Hamill on Zelensky and Star Wars Hurricane Ian They stayed for the storm what happens now Ukraine war Putins annexation will fail, say Ukrainians at eastern front Watch London Marathon Elite races under way as 40,000 runners start US frees President Maduros relatives in Venezuela prisoner swap Indonesia More than 120 dead in football stampede Russian forces retreat from strategic Donetsk city a day after Moscows annexation of the region South Carolina surveying damage from Ian CBS Evening News Federal judge rules against Abrams founded voting rights group in Georgia Las Vegas shooting Former officer reflects on 5 years since 58 people shot dead at country festival

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv US supreme court to decide cases with monumental impact on democracy PM Liz Truss faces Kuenssberg as Tory conference opens Russian forces retreat from strategic Donetsk city a day after Moscows annexation of the region Iran says it is due 7bn for release of US Iranian father and son Indonesia More than 120 dead in football stampede Brazil polarised as Bolsonaro seeks re election and Lula aims for comeback Las Vegas shooting Former officer reflects on 5 years since 58 people shot dead at country festival Gov. Ron DeSantis defends timing of evacuation orders amid some questions Biden says we can afford student debt forgiveness after GOP lawsuit Federal judge rules against Abrams founded voting rights group in Georgia Mark Hamill on Zelensky and Star Wars The coming power shift Liu Jingyao and Liu Qiangdong Chinese billionaire sexual assault case settled in US South Carolina surveying damage from Ian CBS Evening News Ukraine war Putins annexation will fail, say Ukrainians at eastern front US frees President Maduros relatives in Venezuela prisoner swap Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face Watch London Marathon Elite races under way as 40,000 runners start Hurricane Ian They stayed for the storm what happens now

US warplanes pummeled a facility in Syria used by Iranian-sponsored militias last Wednesday, after two suicide drones targeted American and Syrian rebel forces at the Al-Tanf base in southern Syria on August 15. Iranian-linked militias responded with rocket fire which wounded 3 US service members.

US warplanes pummeled a facility in Syria used by Iranian-sponsored militias last Wednesday, after two suicide drones targeted American and Syrian rebel forces at the Al-Tanf base in southern Syria on August 15. Iranian-linked militias responded with rocket fire which wounded 3 US service members.

In mid-July, President Biden is expected to make his first visit as President of the United States to Israel and the Persian Gulf. What is the point of his visit? What does it mean for U.S. policy vis-a-vis Israel and the Gulf? What does it mean for Palestinians? To explore these and other questions, FMEP and Jewish Currents held a conversation with U.S.-based experts Peter Beinart (CUNY), Dana El Kurd (University of Richmond), Lara Friedman (FMEP), and Trita Parsi (Quincy).  Participants:  ​​Peter Beinart teaches national reporting and opinion writing at the Newmark J-School and political science at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is editor-at-large for Jewish Currents, an MSNBC political commentator, and a fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He is also a nonfiction author and former Rhodes Scholar. His first book, The Good Fight, was published by HarperCollins in 2006. His second book, The Icarus Syndrome, was published by HarperCollins in 2010. His third, The Crisis of Zionism, was published by Times Books in 2012. Peter tweets at @PeterBeinart Dana El Kurd is an assistant professor at the University of Richmond, a non resident senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington, and non resident fellow at the Middle East Institute in the Palestine program. Her work focuses on authoritarianism, international intervention, and state-society relations in the Arab world. Her book, Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine, was released in January 2020 with Oxford University Press. She tweets at @danaelkurd. Lara Friedman is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP). With more than 25 years working in the Middle East foreign policy arena, Lara is a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, with particular expertise on Israel/Palestine and the role of the U.S. Congress. In addition to her work at FMEP, Lara is a Contributing Writer at Jewish Currents and a non-resident fellow at the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP). Prior to joining FMEP, Lara was the Director of Policy and Government Relations at Americans for Peace Now, and before that she was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, serving in Jerusalem, Washington, Tunis and Beirut. She holds a B.A. from the University of Arizona and a Master's degree from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service; in addition to English, Lara speaks French, Arabic, Spanish, (weak) Italian, and muddles through in Hebrew. Lara tweets at @LaraFriedmanDC Trita Parsi is an award-winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign policy, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has authored three books on US foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and Israel. He was named by the Washingtonian Magazine as one of the 25 most influential voices on foreign policy in Washington DC in both 2021 and 2022, and preeminent public intellectual Noam Chomsky calls Parsi “one of the most distinguished scholars on Iran.” He tweets at @tparsi. Original music by Jalal Yaquoub.

Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, discusses the impending finalization of the Iran Deal and what that means for US-Iranian tensions and relations moving forward. The diplomacy expert comments that the “transformative potential” of revitalization of the US-Iranian relations is gone, “partly because neither side expects this deal to last longer than Biden's term.” Commenting, that the finalizing of the deal provides “more of a pause in the tensions rather than a transformation of relations.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Delve into the pivotal 1953 Iran coup that marked a significant turn in US-Iranian relations. Discover how the declassified CIA documents in 2000 uncovered America's and Britain's central roles in the ousting of Iran's democratic leader, Mohammad Mossadegh, and the establishment of a despotic shah. Learn about Operation Ajax and its lasting impact on the Middle East's history. #US-Iranrelations #1953Irancoup #OperationAjax #MohammadMossadegh #CIAdeclassifieddocuments #MiddleEasthistory #IranHistory #TheMiddleEast #WeirdHistory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's episode is covers Western media coverage of Iran, bias in the American academy, China, and much more with Xiyue Wang. Saeed Ghasseminejad and Cameron Khansarinia explore the human angle of US policy towards the Islamic Republic and what one learns after 40 months in the Islamic Republic in Iran's most notorious prison. Iran Uncovered is a podcast by NUFDI bringing you experts, activists, and newsmakers to talk #Iran. It is hosted by Saeed Ghasseminejad and Cameron Khansarinia. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncoveredIran About this week's guest. Wang Xiyue is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where his research focuses on the history and regional affairs of the Middle East (with an emphasis on Iran), China, Russia, and Eurasia. He is concurrently a PhD candidate in history at Princeton University, where he specializes in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, the late Ottoman Empire, the modern Middle East, and modern China. He is especially interested in great-power rivalries in the Middle East and in how the Soviets and Chinese interacted with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary regime, and how such interactions shaped the geopolitics in the region since the late 1970s Mr. Wang came to national prominence through his analyses on Iran that combine scholarly insights with in-country experience: in August 2016, on an academic visit to Iran as a Princeton graduate student, he was detained by Iranian authorities, falsely charged with espionage, and imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran. In July 2017, he was formally sentenced to 10 years in prison. Mr. Wang was released in a prisoner swap between the US and Iran in December 2019. Since his release, Mr. Wang has written about his experience in Iran in Foreign Affairs. His writings on US-Iranian relations and Sino-Iranian relations have been widely published in Bloomberg Opinion, Foreign Policy, and RealClearWorld, among others. Mr. Wang is fluent in Chinese and Farsi, proficient in French, German, Pashto, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nufdiran/support

On COI #167, Connor Freeman - writer at the Libertarian Institute - returns to the show to break down the recent development in US-Iranian diplomacy. Joe Biden ran for president on returning to the Iran nuclear agreement that Trump left when Iran was fully compliant. As president, rather than returning to the agreement, Biden has continued Trump's ‘maximum pressure' campaign. Biden has also allowed the Israelis to concurrently wage an asymmetric war against Iran. The attacks from the US and Israel are spoiling the opportunity for diplomacy and a return to the JCPOA.  Odysee Rumble  Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6 Patreon Subscribe Star YouTube Facebook  Twitter  MeWe Apple Podcast  Amazon Music Google Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Support Our Sponsor Visit Paloma Verde and use code PEACE for 25% off our CBD

On COI #167, Connor Freeman - writer at the Libertarian Institute - returns to the show to break down the recent development in US-Iranian diplomacy. Joe Biden ran for president on returning to the Iran nuclear agreement that Trump left when Iran was fully compliant. As president, rather than returning to the agreement, Biden has continued Trump's ‘maximum pressure' campaign. Biden has also allowed the Israelis to concurrently wage an asymmetric war against Iran. The attacks from the US and Israel are spoiling the opportunity for diplomacy and a return to the JCPOA.  Odysee Rumble  Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6 Patreon Subscribe Star YouTube Facebook  Twitter  MeWe Apple Podcast  Amazon Music Google Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Support Our Sponsor Visit Paloma Verde and use code PEACE for 25% off our CBD

On August 3, Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judge with close ties to Ayatollah Khameini, will replace Hassan Rouhani as President of Iran. And now, the fragile Nuclear Deal negotiated under former President Obama, hangs in the balance. As a candidate, President Biden promised to return to the Iran Nuclear Deal, and relieve crippling economic sanctions imposed under Trump's policy of maximum pressure. But in the recent aftermath of his landslide victory, Ebrahim Raisi has already rejected a meeting with President Biden and said that he will not negotiate over Tehran's ballistic missile program, nor its support of regional militias. In this week's episode, we talk with US-Iranian relations expert, Trita Parsi, and journalist Negar Mortazavi, about the recent elections in Iran, and whether the Iran Nuclear Deal can get back on track. Plus, we host a conversation between Barbara Slavin and former US Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel. Guests: Chuck Hagel, Former US Secretary of Defense & US Senator; Barbara Slavin, Future of Iran Initiative, Atlantic Council & author; Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft & author; Negar Mortazavi, journalist & host of the Iran Podcast Hosts: Teresa Cotsirilos, Senior Producer, WorldAffairs If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

What happens when an Islamic Republic decides that the “Republic” part maybe isn’t such a big deal? Journalist and returning guest Séamus Malekafzali and Sina Toossi, senior research analyst at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), join the program to discuss this Friday’s Iranian presidential election. We’ll talk about the field, such as it is, and how it came to be the way it is, and we’ll get into presumptive winner Ebrahim Raisi’s past and his potential future. Additionally we’ll discuss what Raisi’s (likely) presidency could mean for future US-Iranian relations.Raisi (center) bringing his campaign to Tehran’s stock market (Mardetanha via Wikimedia Commons)You can find Sina on Twitter and at NIAC, where his Iran Unfiltered series is a great look into a media environment to which us Westerners don’t have many points of access. Séamus is also on Twitter and his Substack newsletter is definitely worth a look if you’re interested in Iran. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at fx.substack.com/subscribe

Jake Morphonios discusses the Israeli assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist, Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and its impact on US-Iranian diplomacy. Is the Iran Deal dead? Tune in for expert research and analysis!

Turkey is set to be one of the thorniest issues facing US president-elect Joseph Biden. Biden has pledged to restore international alliances and traditional ties with America's friends in Europe. But Nato member Turkey's deepening relations with Moscow are casting doubt over its loyalties to Washington. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan belatedly sent Joe Biden a brief note on his success, while sending a warm message to Donald Trump thanking the out-going US leader. Under Trump, Erdogan had a free hand to confront fellow Nato members and, at the same time, cozy up to Moscow, while the US president blocked Congress calls for sanctions against Turkey. But a Biden victory is seen as ending the party for Ankara. "The message will be to Turkey, do behave like an ally," warns international relations expert Soli Ozel of Istanbul's Kadir Has University. "A lot will depend on Turkey, how Ankara actually decides to move," adds Ozel. "A Biden presidency gives you the opportunity to actually change tracks, not necessarily giving up on your interests but changing your style. But if Turkey insists on defying everyone, I don't think we can get anywhere, and the key to that is the S-400." From Russia with love The S-400 is an advanced missile system that Turkey has bought from Russia in the face of warnings from Washington, which claim it compromises Nato defense systems. In defiance of Washington, Ankara last month test-fired the system, despite the US Congress warning such a move would trigger sanctions. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu further ratcheted up tensions, belligerently listing what Ankara expected from Biden, including dropping objections to the S-400. Cavusoglu also underlined that Turkey's strategic alignment with the United States should not be taken for granted. In the first months after assuming office Biden is likely to face calls for sanctions against Turkey, for violating US Iranian sanctions, as well as Ankara's purchase of Russia's S-400 missiles. Delicate balance between friendship and feuding But a hardline stance by Biden toward Turkey could prove counterproductive. "These hostile actions against Turkey will eventually align Turkey with the Eurasian and Asian powers like Russia and China," warns retired Turkish admiral Cem Gurdeniz. "This is going to be inevitable because they are threatening the very existence of Turkey." The legacy of the 2016 failed coup by disaffected Turkish military officers could complicate Biden's relationship with Turkey. In Ankara, suspicions linger that the Barrack Obama administration, in which Biden served, was involved in the botched military takeover, a charge strenuously denied by Washington at the time. But Biden has experience working with Erdogan, "Biden himself emerged as an Erdogan whisperer," says Asli Aydintasbas, a senior fellow of the European Council on Foreign Relations. "It was Biden who was dispatched to Turkey after the failed coup attempt in 2016 to repair the relationship...So the one-on-one relationship between the two may not be so bad." Negotiating tactic or political option? Ankara's uncompromising stance towards Washington could be a negotiating tactic, suggests Aydintasbas.  She says Erdogan is aware that Biden's presidency's likely key goal is to confront Moscow and that Ankara can play a critical role, for a price. "No doubt, there is a lot of anger (in Washington) directed at Turkey, at president Erdogan himself. But there is also the larger geopolitical issues of very uncertain rivalry going on. There will also be a tendency to see if the US can peel Turkey back from its reliance on Russia, from the larger geopolitical rivalry with Russia. And I think Erdogan knows how to play this game; he knows how to play the US against Russia and vice versa, and that will be an interesting dance to watch," says Aydintasbas.

This episode features Iranian novelist Salar Abdoh, CCNY Professor and Deputy Chair, English Department, and Interim Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing. Abdoh discusses his publications, especially his new work Out of Mesopotamia, the story of an Iranian journalist covering the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, which is based on his own experience as a journalist in the region. The conversation's themes include: US-Iranian relations, exile and identity, and the human rights challenges that Iran and the United States face within their own respective borders.

The Influencers - Trita Parsi of The Quincy Institute: Trita Parsi, an award-winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order and an expert on US-Iranian relations joins Richard Levick and Julian Pecquet, editor of the Foreign Lobby Report for a look at Middle East politics.

In 1979, soon after Ayatollah Khomeini took power in Iran and the ousted Shah found shelter in the United States—to the great frustration of Iran’s new leaders—a group of revolutionaries attacked the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage. They were held captive there for 444 days. President Jimmy Carter announced that he wanted to resolve the situation through diplomatic channels, but later on he planned a secret military rescue mission. DESERT ONE is a fast paced as a thriller from acclaimed director Barbara Kopple. Kopple draws upon a wealth of unearthed archival sources, as well as intimate interviews with President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, Ted Koppel, former hostages, journalists, and Iranian student revolutionaries who orchestrated the take-over of the American Embassy in Tehran—to meticulously reconstruct this defining period in history when U.S.-Iranian relations were on the brink of disaster. Illustrated with animations and lots of archive footage, the story focuses on the woefully unsuccessful rescue mission and the political wrangling in the background, culminating in Carter’s landslide loss to Ronald Reagan in 1980. Director and Producer Barbara Kopple, Ambassador John Limbert and Staff Sergeant Taco Sanchez joins us to talk about the roller coaster story that includes a game-changing sand storm, equipment failure, a deadly crash and a US President willing to take responsibility for a mission gone wrong. The fallout from the failed mission still hangs heavy over the fractured US-Iranian relationship.For news, updates and screenings go to: film/desert-one

Trita Parsi is an award-winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is the Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign politics, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He is the author of many books, including Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press 2007), for which he conducted more than 130 interviews with senior Israeli, Iranian and American decision-makers. Treacherous Alliance is the silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.

DIANA WEST, Nationally syndicated columnist, Blogs at Dianawest.net, Author of Death of the Grown Up, American Betrayal, and Red Thread: A Search for Ideological Drivers Inside the Anti-Trump Conspiracy: The fact-checking being done to President Trump on Twitter How does Facebook plan to limit free speech? GORDON CHANG, The Daily Beast contributor, Author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, Latest book: Losing South Korea (2019): The role of Henry Kissinger in US foreign policy throughout the years What should be done by the US to stand with Hong Kong? Do members of Congress know the threat that China poses to the United States? DR. PETER PRY, Executive Director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security and Director of the U.S. Nuclear Strategy Forum, both Congressional Advisory Boards, Served on the Congressional EMP Commission, the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission, the House Armed Services Committee, and the CIA: The need to have electric grid technology manufactured in the United States How to stop foreign influence on the US electrical grid Why the US needs to resume nuclear weapons testing SHOSHANA BRYEN, Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center, Former Senior Director for Security Policy at JINSA, Mrs. Bryen was for 17 years author of the widely read and republished JINSA Reports: How are things moving in the right direction for the US-Iranian relationship? How long will Iran remain in Syria? What is the relationship between Germany and Iran?

The United States and Iran, acting on perceptions of one another that seem to be engraved in stone, are on a collision course that could have devastating consequences for Arab Gulf states and Iraq. The risk is magnified by each one’s adoption of policies and strategies that are based on faulty assessments of the other.

Qassem Soleimani’s death and the prospect of further US-Iranian military escalation raise the question of Iran’s military capacity. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Ground Forces are Tehran’s reserve of last resort for both internal and external security challenges.  The Iranian regime goes to great lengths to obfuscate the IRGC’s military strength and organization of its ground forces. The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) recently published the groundbreaking report Iran’s Reserve of Last Resort: Uncovering the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces Order of Battle. In this episode of Overwatch, AEI Resident Scholar and CTP Director Fred Kagan and CTP Iran Team Lead Nicholas Carl discuss their recent report and the crucial role that the IRGC plays in the regime’s survival and Iranian efforts to project power and export their revolution abroad.

Part two of a series discussing the ongoing anti-government protests in Iraq and the impact of US-Iranian geopolitical violence on their vision for a new political culture. With Iraqi human rights activist Raed Jarrar and an anonymous participant of the protests in Baghdad.

UN rapporteurs say that the Saudi Crown Prince was probably involved in the installation of spyware on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s personal phone. Brazilian prosecutors have indicted Glenn Greenwald, co-founder of the Intercept, on hacking charges. IBM describes a renewed NetWire campaign, and Microsoft says StarsLord is back, too. And in cyberspace, there’s nothing new on the US-Iranian front. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on surveillance cameras hidden in gravestones. Guest is Sean Frazier from Cisco Duo on their most recent State of the Auth report.  For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2020/January/CyberWire_2020_01_22.html Support our show

A new RAT goes after Arabic-speaking targets. Updates on US-Iranian tension in cyberspace. An Internet Explorer bug is being exploited in the wild; a patch will arrive in February. A pseudo-vigilante seems to be preparing Citrix devices for future exploitation. Mitsubishi Electric discloses a breach. A booter service dumps half a million Telnet credentials online. And tomorrow is the last day to file a claim under the Equifax breach settlement. Joe Carrigan from JHU ISI with the story of a random encounter that set him on his professional path. Carole Theriault speaks with Jon Fielding from Apricorn on whether or not anything has really changed with GDPR, 18 months into it. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2020/January/CyberWire_2020_01_21.html Support our show

Hacks and rumors of hacks surrounding US-Iranian tension. Ukrainian authorities are looking into the Burisma hack, and they’d like FBI assistance. The FBI quietly warns that two US cities were hacked by a foreign service. The New York Fed has thoughts on how a cyberattack could cascade into a run on banks. Arrests and a site takedown in the WeLeakInfo case. And a quick look at the chum being dangled in front of prospective phishing victims these days. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs on synthetic identity detection. Guest is Eric Haseltine, author of The Spy in Moscow Station. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2020/January/CyberWire_2020_01_17.html Support our show

Providence Magazine's Drew Griffin describes the unrest in Iran and throughout the Mideast because of the tension between Iran and US, plus China's plans to expand harsh rules against Christians and other religious minorities.  Peter Kapsner reacts to growing male isolation and confusion in the US.

Providence Magazine's Drew Griffin describes the unrest in Iran and throughout the Mideast because of the tension between Iran and US, plus China's plans to expand harsh rules against Christians and other religious minorities.  Peter Kapsner reacts to growing male isolation and confusion in the US.

Life coach Valorie Burton, author of Coaching for Successful Women, talks about her personal experience of asking herself better questions and learning what true success is.  David Aikman looks at US-Iranian tensions and growing protests in Iran, plus reaction to Harry and Megan's plans to leave the royal family.

Life coach Valorie Burton, author of Coaching for Successful Women, talks about her personal experience of asking herself better questions and learning what true success is.  David Aikman looks at US-Iranian tensions and growing protests in Iran, plus reaction to Harry and Megan's plans to leave the royal family.

Today Olivia discusses the latest development in the US-Iranian conflict, as it was announced that Iran did indeed “accidentally” shoot down a Ukrainian airliner. Plus, Matt Gaetz sides with Pelosi’s War Power’s Resolution, and Bernie Sanders gains ground in the Iowa poll. More at rightonpointpodcast.com!

In this episode I speak with Ben Norton about US/Iranian relations that lead us up to the 2020 attacks in Iraq and potential opening of a new war between these powerful countries. Ben Norton is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He is the assistant editor of The Grayzone, and the producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast, […]

Part one of a series focusing on the historic ongoing protests in Iraq, their demand for the entire government to step down, their vision for and creation of a new political culture, and the impact of US-Iranian geopolitical violence on the movement. With special guest, Baghdad-based journalist Pesha Magid. Follow @PMagid for her reports from Iraq.

Juan Cole, PhD, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, studies the history and ongoing politics in the Middle East. In this episode of Michigan Minds, Cole explains the relationship between the US and Iran over the past few decades and the possible implications of the current turmoil. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A weekly impromptu about our views and reviews. This week are UN troops going to be used inside the US? Iran retaliates for the drone attack on Qassem Soleimani. And is going out for a meal healthy? 

Amid indications that both Iran and the US would prefer to back away from open war, concerns about Iranian power grid battlespace preparation remain high. Recent website defacements, however, increasingly look more like the work of young hacktivists than a campaign run by Tehran. Phones delivered under the FCC’s Lifeliine Assistance program may come with malware preinstalled. And we’ll take Cybersecurity for six hundred, Alex. Tom Etheridge from Crowdstrike on having a board of directors’ playbook. Guest is Curtis Simpson from Armis on CISO burnout. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2020/January/CyberWire_2020_01_10.html Support our show

Indian equities logged gains for second straight day as positive global cues supported investment sentiment. No further rhetoric between the United States and Iran, and British Parliament's vote to finalise Brexit divorce deal by January 31 gave boost to investment sentiment.  Indices further charged ahead and scaled intra-day high after news agency Reuters reported that US President Donald Trump could sign the Phase-1 of trade deal next week. The S&P BSE Sensex hit a high of 41,775.11 (up 322.76 points) in the intra-day deals, while NIfty50 touched 12,311.20 -- also its fresh lifetime high.  IT bellwether Infosys, today, reported 11% qoq jump in net profit at Rs 4,457 crore for the December quarter of FY20. It revised its revenue guidance upwards to 10 to 10.5%  Besides, in the whistle-blower case, the management said the investigations found no evidence of any financial mispropriety, and that there was no merit in charges levelled against CEO Salil Parekh. At close, the Sensex was at 41,599.72 level, up 147.37 points or 0.36 per cent with ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, and Titan being top laggards. On the other hand, Infosys, Sun Pharma and Ultra Tech Cement settled as the top gainers.  The broader Nifty50 index, on the other hand, was 40.60 points, or 0.33 per cent, higher at 12,256.50-mark at close.  Sectorally, Nifty Private Bank and Nifty Bank indices were the only indices that closed in the red, down 0.22 and 0.02 per cent, respectively. Nifty Realty and Metal indices, however, added 1.80 and 1.10 per cent, respectively by close.  In the broader market, the S&P BSE mid-cap index gained 0.4 per cent to close at 15,157.77, while the S&P BSE small-cap index advanced 0.45 per cent to end at 14,153.18.  BUZZING STOCKS >> YES Bank declined 7 per cent to Rs 44 in the intra-day after it's  independent director and chairman of the audit committee Uttam Prakash Agarwal resigned on Friday alleging that Ravneet Gill, managing director and CEO of the bank, misled the bank board, shareholders, and exchanges about a binding offer to raise capital in the bank. The stock settled 5.3% lower at Rs 44.8 >> Shares of Tata Motors hit an eight-month high of Rs 199, up 3 per cent on the BSE today after its UK arm Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) reported retail sales of 52,814 vehicles for December 2019, up 1.3 per cent from the previous year.The stock of Tata Group commercial vehicles major was trading at its highest level since May 7, 2019. At close, the stock ended 2.3 per cent higher at Rs 196. GLOBAL CUES World shares hit a record high on Friday as relief over the de-escalation of US-Iranian tensions prompted investors to bet on faster global growth, especially in the technology sector. MSCI’s broadest gauge of the world’s stocks in 49 countries rose modestly to hit an all-time high and its index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.44 per cent to its best levels since June 2018. Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.44 per cent while Chinese shares slid a little but stood not far from their eight-month peaks. In Europe, shares were little changed on Friday ahead of a key payrolls data from the United States, while airline stocks benefited from weak oil prices as tensions in the Middle East faded. The pan-European STOXX 600 Index was 0.03% higher by 2:37 pm.

As kinetic combat abates in Iraq, warnings of cyber threats increase. US intelligence agencies warn of heightened likelihood of Iranian cyber operations. These may be more serious than the low-grade website defacements and Twitter impersonations so far observed. One operation, “Dustman” has hit Bahrain, and it looks like an Iranian wiper. And some notes on the Lazarus Group, and a quick look at information ops across the Taiwan Strait. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs with details from their recent report, “How Fraud Stole Christmas.” Guest is Karl Sigler from Trustwave in the risks of using Windows 7. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2020/January/CyberWire_2020_01_09.html Support our show

Will the US go to war with Iran? Will Mark get drafted into World War III? Find out all about the possibility of war with Iran, the history of US-Iranian relations, the likelihood of nuclear proliferation, and the recent tension in this episode of Malarkey with Mark! Listen to the end for an impeachment update (hint: nothing has happened)! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/malarkeywithmark/message

What's up with Iran? How do the people feel about their government? Why all of the protests in 2019? This episode is with special guest Mahtab Farid, the perfect person to answer this question. Mahtab is a journalist, educator, public diplomacy strategist, Boren Scholar, and a special reporter for Radio Iran KIRN in Los Angeles. In this episode we discuss what it's like to be inside of Iran right now as well as the future of US-Iranian relations. Don't forget to head to farsilegend.com to access the lesson guide and answersheets. صلح بیرون

Iranians play chess, Americans play backgammon when it comes to warfare, military strategy and conflict management. That is becoming increasingly obvious in the US-Iranian tit-for-tat on an Iraqi gameboard.

Donald Trump is threatening to commit war crimes. The administration has no plan and no plan to even attempt a plan. Political analysts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the madness of warmongering, the tumultuous history of US/Iranian tensions, and the frustration of being at the whims of a demagogue.

Suzi looks at the likely impact of Qassem Soleimani's assassination for both Iran and Iraq. Juan Cole of "Informed Comment" examines the decision by Donald Trump to launch the strike that killed Iranian general Soleimani, escalating the stand-off with Iran to a new level of violence that could trigger a much broader and more lethal direct conflict. We get Cole's views on the ramifications for US-Iranian relations, the domestic considerations for each regime, and the wider implications at home and in the Middle East. Suzi then talks to Yousef Baker of CSU Long Beach, who writes about the Iraqi protest movement. He says the American attacks and assassination of Soleimani has not just fanned the escalating regional conflict — it deals a death blow to the Iraqi protests. Iraqis have been pushed into the eye of the storm and every Iraqi political force now has to pick a side, with deadly consequences. The United States has made Iraq into its battlefield once again, making this escalation the most consequential action in Iraq since 2003. We get Baker's analysis and perspective.

In this episode the listener hears Brian’s take on cussing people out, cyber bullying, medicare for all, and US-Iranian relations

Drew Griffin of Providence Magazine talked to Carmen from Jerusalem about the tensions felt in Israel and throughout the Mid-East over the renewed US-Iranian crisis.  Ruth Kramer of Mission Network News talks about Christians working amid Indonesian flooding and Iran/Iraq crisis, plus the big plans by the Japanese Church.

Drew Griffin of Providence Magazine talked to Carmen from Jerusalem about the tensions felt in Israel and throughout the Mid-East over the renewed US-Iranian crisis.  Ruth Kramer of Mission Network News talks about Christians working amid Indonesian flooding and Iran/Iraq crisis, plus the big plans by the Japanese Church.

As you may know, on September 14 there was a drone strike on one of the largest oil fields in the world in Saudi Arabia. All evidence suggests the attack arose from Iran. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flew in to Saudi Arabia to declare the event an act of war. President Trump responded by [read more]

US / Iranian tensions are rising. The latter, an ancient country with a rich and proud history. Patrick Hiller is VP of the Board of Directors at the IPRA Foundation (International Peace Research Association Foundation). If he has his way, Donald Trump will follow his own intuition and seek out a different route to peace with Iran. A stark contrast to his war hungry cabinet members. ie: John R. Bolton. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iantrottier/support

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan discuss recent tweets made by President Trump that caused quite a stir targeting a select group of first-year Congresswomen including Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Were Trump's tweets beneath the dignity of his office, and how will his base view these remarks?Guests:Stephen Lendman - Writer and Geopolitical Analyst | US-Iran Tension & The Modern Purpose of NATOElizabeth Vos - Independent Journalist, Contributor to Consortium News & Co-founder of Unity4J | Twitter Censorship & Threats to Independent JournalismDaniel Lazare - Journalist & Author | Reporting on RussiaGate Narratives & Robert Mueller's HistoryAs heightened tension and adversarial rhetoric between the US and Iran continues, the looming threat of a major military conflict remains. Stephen Lendman, a Writer and Geopolitical Analyst, joins the hosts to talk about current US-Iranian relations, the nuclear programs in both Iran and Israel, Turkey's status in NATO, and the purpose that NATO serves in the modern world.The "Unity4J" Twitter account, which attempted to unite various groups in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, was recently suspended on the popular social media platform. Independent Journalist Elizabeth Vos returns to the show to discuss this Twitter suspension, the growing issue of social media censorship, threats to independent journalism, and the likelihood these trends will continue to worsen as we head towards the 2020 Election.Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation failed to bring about major findings that would derail President Trump and his administration to the disappointment of many of Trump's political adversaries. Journalist & Author Daniel Lazare joins Garland and Lee to provide analysis on the timeline of events surrounding RussiaGate, Robert Mueller's history working in government, and how the mainstream media has selectively reported on facts throughout the course of the Mueller probe.

Tensions between the US and Iran are likely to find further expression in cyberspace. OceanLotus’s Ratsnif kit isn’t up to the threat actors normally high standards of coding, but it’s plenty good enough. Cyberattacks in the states of Florida and Georgia. Utilities are urged to go lower tech where possible. Magecart skimmer “Inter” is being hawked on the dark web. And no, they haven’t videoed you using EternalBlue: just dump that email. Johannes Ullrich from the SANS Technology Institute and the ISC Stormcast podcast on Weblogic exploits. Guest is Nick Jovanovic from Thales on cloud security in the federal space. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/July/CyberWire_2019_07_02.html  Support our show

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Jim Kavanagh, editor of thepolemicist.net, and Sputnik News analyst and producer Nicole Roussell.Friday is Loud & Clear’s weekly hour-long segment The Week in Review, about the week in politics, policy, and international affairs. Today they focus on the democratic debates from last night, where they examine Kamala Harris’s attack against Joe Biden’s ongoing and recent embrace with the most notorious racists and segregationists in the US Senate. They also look at Kamala Harris’s own record as a prosecutor and her neocon political positions. Plus, they talk about the decline of european centrist parties and the announced shift back by European elites and capitalists to democratic socialism, and about US-Iranian tensions, including an Iranian saying today that they’ve examined North Korea’s trajectory as a lesson for their own next move. Donald Trump and South Korean president Moon Jae-in are about to hold a major summit and expectations are running high that major progress will be made towards peace in Korea. The peace process has run into major obstacles as the United States demands that North Korea completely denuclearize before any relief can be given in terms of the suffocating US-imposed sanctions the country is suffering under, but that rigid stance could be shifting. Loud & Clear producer Walter Smolarek traveled to Seoul, South Korea, and interviewed Dr. Moon Chung-in. Dr. Moon is the special advisor to President Moon Jae-in on national security and foreign policy and a well-known scholar advocating for the reunification of Korea. The second tranche of 10 Democrats debated last night in Miami, Florida, and it turned out to be more of a bare-knuckle brawl than the previous night’s debate. The consensus seems to be that California Senator Kamala Harris carried the night, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg held his own, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was able to stay on message and fend of the handful of attacks that came his way. Former Vice President Joe Biden spent most of the night trying to defend himself, and Author Marrianne Williamson and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper showed early on that they were out of their league. Brian and John speak with Bob Schleuhuber, a Sputnik News analyst and the producer of the Sputnik News show By Any Means Necessary, which you can hear on 105.5 FM and 1390 AM in the Washington DC area from 2:00-4:00 pm every day.

On this episode of Jacobin Radio, Suzi focuses on the intensifying US-Iranian crisis and war brinkmanship that saw us about ten minutes away from military strikes, before Trump pulled back. We get MIT historian Pouya Alimaghum’s analysis of the crisis, the implications and goals of the increasing bluster and ever more draconian sanctions, and what they mean for domestic dissent in Iran. Then Suzi talks to UCI professor of Chinese history Jeff Wasserstrom, who has just returned from Hong Kong and has written in the Atlantic about the gigantic protest movement that was met with extreme violence, only bringing more people into the streets. The protestors were fighting against a bill that would allow the extradition of suspects to mainland China, a further threat to Hong Kong’s partial autonomy, and for the right to assemble without persecution, to speak freely, and enjoy freedom of information. For the moment the bill has been shelved, thanks to the massive protests in the streets, but not the efforts to erode the city’s freedoms. We get Wasserstrom’s analysis.

Once again, the neocon war machine is ratcheting up the pressure on President Trump to go to war with Iran. Have these people learned nothing from Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, & Syria? How many countries do they need to destroy before their bloodlust is satisfied? These talking heads spewing nonsense from the safety of their air-conditioned studios in the US have no idea what war in Iran would actually entail. So today, I'm making an offer to Ben Shapiro: if he's this gung-ho about a US-Iranian war, I'll personally buy his rifle & his plane ticket to the front lines. If you're gonna send young boys to die for your wars, you better be prepared to join them. This episode is brought to you by our sponsors: Indochino - Indochino is the world's most exciting made to measure menswear company.  This week, my listener's can get ANY PREMIUM INDOCHINO suit for just $369 at Indochino.com when entering code "STAPLETON" at checkout. Plus you'll get free shipping! Harry's Razors - Harry's makes quality, durable blades at a fair price.  Listeners of my show can redeem their trial set at Harrys.com/STAPLETON. Support the show.

Tensions between the US and Iran over tanker attacks, nuclear ambitions, and the downing of a Global Hawk drone seem to be finding expression in cyberspace: Refined Kitten sees to be pawing for some American phish. Facebook tries friction as an alternative to content moderation in damping its abuse in fomenting South Asian violence. Cryptomining campaigns are showing some renewed vigor. And a look at lead generation for Nigerian prince scams. Mike Benjamin from CenturyLink on RDP scanning and the GoldBrute campaign. Guest is Michael Coates, former CISO for Twitter and former head of security for Mozilla, from Altitude Networks on better addressing the needs of CISOs and improving the sales process. For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/June/CyberWire_2019_06_21.html  Support our show

Abe and Tim discuss the likelihood of a US/Iranian conflict during the Trump administration, and the White House Down blooper reel.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Ambassador Peter Ford, the former UK Ambassador to Syria.The Trump Administration announced yesterday that it “sees signs that the Syrian government may again be using chemical weapons” in its offensive to recapture the last remaining rebel-held territory in the country, and warned that the use of chemical weapons would incur retaliatory measures from Washington. The alleged chlorine attack took place weeks ago against a group allied with al-Qaeda. These accusations take place, however, just a few days after a report by Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons experts was leaked which casts doubt on the United States’ version of events with regards to a previous alleged chemical attack. The United States is preparing sanctions and criminal charges against Venezuelan officials whom they accuse of using food aid program to launder money for the Maduro government, as well as companies involved in supplying goods to the program. Millions of Venezuelan families rely on the program for food and other basic necessities because of hyperinflation caused in part by existing US sanctions on the country. Lucas Koerner, an activist and writer for VenezuelAnalysis.com, joins the show. The latest Brexit proposal from British Prime Minister Theresa May is causing major controversy and dissension within her own party. May’s final effort to pas a deal comes ahead of elections for the European Parliament, which begin tomorrow. The new hard-right Brexit Party will likely finish first, if the latest polls are correct, with 35 percent of the vote. It shows the Liberal Democrats in second place with 16 percent, followed by Labour at 15 percent, and the environmentalist Green Party at 10 percent. The ruling Conservative Party is projected to finish fifth, with only nine percent of the vote. And the anti-Brexit Change Party, made up of former Conservative and Labour parliamentarians, is polling only five percent. Brian and John speak with Steve Hedley, the senior assistant general secretary of the the UK’s Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers Union. President Trump is expected to soon name former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli III to a senior White House position dealing with immigration policy. Cuccinelli is known as a hardliner on immigration and is a frequent contributor to Fox News. He is also the former convention delegate coordinator for Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign. Jacqueline Luqman, co-editor-in-chief of Luqman Nation, where she livestreams every week on Facebook and Youtube, and a journalist with The Real News Network, joins the show. The corruption trial of former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner begins today in Buenos Aires. Kirchner faces 12 separate trials and is accused of accepting bribes from a construction company in exchange for lucrative government contracts. She argues, however, that the charges are meant to keep her from being elected to office again. She is currently running for vice president and is polling strongly, especially among young people. Arnold August, a Canadian author and journalist, currently writing articles on Venezuela and Latin America for web sites in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Europe, joins Brian and John. Wednesday’s weekly series, In the News, is where the hosts look at the most important ongoing developments of the week and put them into perspective. Today they discuss the explosive meeting between Trump and Pelosi, US-Iranian relations, and the continued attack on Venezuela. Sputnik news analysts Nicole Rousesll and Walter Smolarek joins the show.Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, and Rose Gardner of Alliance for Environmental Strategies in Eunice, New Mexico, join the show.

US-Iranian tensions on the brink, Israel is just awesome, and don’t we just love this group of freshman congresswomen and how they rewrite basic reality? All of this and and... Read more » The post Ep. 14 – US-Iran Standoff News & Analysis, Israel, & Rewriting of Palestinian History appeared first on MidEast News Brief.

US-Iranian journalist Jason Rezaian was working for the Washington Post in Tehran when he was arrested in July 2014. He was accused of spying for the CIA, tried and convicted on vague charges. He was held for 544 days before a deal was done to release him in 2016. Three years after his release how is he coping with the effects of his imprisonment? Jason Rezaian is now banned from Iran for life but what does he think of the Trump administration's policy toward Iran now that it has labelled Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation? He talks to Shaun Ley. Image: Jason Rezaian (Credit: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

US-Iranian journalist Jason Rezaian was working for the Washington Post in Tehran when he was arrested in July 2014. He was accused of spying for the CIA, tried and convicted on vague charges. He was held for 544 days before a deal was done to release him in 2016. Three years after his release how is he coping with the effects of his imprisonment? Jason Rezaian is now banned from Iran for life but what does he think of the Trump administration's policy toward Iran now that it has labelled Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation? He talks to Shaun Ley. Image: Jason Rezaian (Credit: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

US Iranian sanctions waivers by Alaco

Two part show today! First, Tommy talks with Ambassador Michael McFaul about Vladimir Putin's request to interrogate him and Trump's shocking refusal to immediately rule it out. Then Tommy talks with the Washington Post's Jason Rezaian about Trump's late-night rage tweet at Iran and the future of US/Iranian relations. 

For the 50th episode of Trending Globally, we asked 10 scholars at the Watson Institute what they find most worrisome in the world today, and what keeps them going. For more information on this episode's experts and their work, read on: Peter Andreas [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/andreas], professor of international studies and political science, is an expert on transnational crime, smuggling, and immigration. He is the author of several books, including Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America [https://www.amazon.com/Smuggler-Nation-Illicit-Trade-America/dp/0199746885]. Narges Bajoghli [http://watson.brown.edu/people/postdocs/Bajoghli], postdoctoral fellow in international and public affairs, is a sociocultural anthropologist and filmmaker who writes [http://watson.brown.edu/news/2018/iran-will-never-trust-america-again-written-narges-bajoghli] often about Iran. Rob Blair [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/blair], professor of political science and international and public affairs, researches peacekeeping, statebuilding, and security sector reform, and designed a course on the erosion of democracy [https://news.brown.edu/articles/2018/05/democraticerosion] that has been adopted by more than 20 institutions in the U.S. and beyond. Mark Blyth [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/blyth], professor of political science and international and public affairs, is a an expert on international political economy [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-02-28/brown-university-s-blyth-on-brexit-populism-north-korea-video]. Chas Freeman [http://watson.brown.edu/people/fellows/freeman], senior fellow in international and public affairs and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense and former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, writes and speaks widely on statecraft and diplomacy. Jo-Anne Hart [http://watson.brown.edu/people/visiting/hart], adjunct professor of international and public affairs, is an expert on Iranian foreign policy and US-Iranian security, conflict resolution in the Middle East, and political literacy. Stephen Kinzer [http://watson.brown.edu/people/visiting/kinzer], senior fellow in international and public affairs, is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. He is a regular contributor to the Boston Globe [http://watson.brown.edu/news/2018/nicaragua-brink-calamity-written-stephen-kinzer], and his most recent book is The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War. Catherine Lutz [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/lutz], professor of international studies and of anthropology, is co-director of the Watson-based Costs of War project [http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/]. Nina Tannenwald [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty-fellows/tannenwald], senior lecturer in political science, is an expert on international security, arms control and nonproliferation, and human rights. She speaks and writes often on nuclear weapons and is co-editor, most recently, of Do the Geneva Conventions Matter? Ashutosh Varshney [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/varshney], professor of political science and international and public affairs and director of Watson's Center for Contemporary South Asia, writes often about Indian politics, ethnic conflict, and nationalism. Download episode transcript

KSKA: Tuesday, February, 27 2018, at 2:00 p.m. This week we'll explore an answer to the question “Will killing the Nuclear Deal bring the US and Iran closer to war?” It's a complicated topic, but today's speaker, Trita Parsi, an expert on US-Iranian relations, is as qualified as anyone to answer it. LISTEN HERE

KSKA: Tuesday, February, 27 2018, at 2:00 p.m. This week we’ll explore an answer to the question “Will killing the Nuclear Deal bring the US and Iran closer to war?” It’s a complicated topic, but today’s speaker, Trita Parsi, an expert on US-Iranian relations, is as qualified as anyone to answer it. LISTEN HERE

KSKA: Tuesday, February, 27 2018, at 2:00 p.m. This week we’ll explore an answer to the question “Will killing the Nuclear Deal bring the US and Iran closer to war?” It’s a complicated topic, but today’s speaker, Trita Parsi, an expert on US-Iranian relations, is as qualified as anyone to answer it. LISTEN HERE

President Trump once pledged to “tear up” the Iran nuclear agreement. Now, the world watches to see the fate of an agreement considered by some to be a pivotal victory in American foreign policy, and by others as a mistake. Trita Parsi, the preeminent Middle East foreign policy expert who advised the Obama White House throughout the Iran talks, takes us behind the scenes to examine the negotiations. Was a better deal to be had in 2015? What have been the benefits gained, or disasters averted, under the deal? Parsi provides a nuanced and thoughtful view of the agreement designed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Will the Iran deal survive the Trump Presidency? If the agreement can be viewed as a down-payment on improved US-Iranian relations, has that now been squandered by the sabre-rattling that followed? What are the options and consequences of a renegotiation and, without the support of an international coalition, does an effort to renegotiate have the impact of removing the US from a position of influence on this important subject? What is the benefit where each side abides by the letter of an agreement, but does not act in the spirit of the agreement? SPEAKER: Trita Parsi President, National Iranian American Council MODERATOR: Neil Joeck Research Scholar, Institute for International Studies, University of California, Berkeley For more information about this event please visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/event-calendar/event/1747