1/15/26 Max Blumenthal on the CIA and Mossad’s Latest Move Against the Iranian Regime

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Max Blumenthal returns to the show to discuss what’s been happening in Iran and what may come to pass as the US and Israel continue to escalate their effort to overthrow the current government in Iran. Discussed on the show: “Western media whitewashes deadly riots in Iran, relying on US govt-funded regime change NGOs” (The Grayzone) Max Blumenthal is a senior editor of the Grayzone Project and the author Goliath, Republican Gomorrah and The 51 Day War. Follow him on Twitter @MaxBlumenthal. Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/47jMtg7 (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/3tgMCdw Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/3HRufs0 Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Incorporated https://rrbi.co Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.com You can also support Scott’s work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen of the press have been less than honest, reporting to the American people what's going on in this country?
0:11.0	Because the babies are making this.
0:13.0	We're dealing with Hitler Revisited.
0:15.0	This is the Scott Horton Show, Libertarian Foreign Policy, mostly.
0:21.7	When the president visit, that means that it is not only...
0:24.5	We're going to take out seven countries in five years.
0:27.1	They don't know what the fuck they're doing.
0:29.3	Negotiate now.
0:31.4	End this war.
0:33.5	And now, here's your host, Scott Horton.
0:39.0	Aren't you guys introducing Max Blumenthal again, editor of the Gray Zone and author of this great book,
0:45.9	The 51 Day War, about Israel's slaughter in Gaza back in 2014.
0:51.8	He also made a great documentary about that called Killing Gaza. And then you can see there
0:55.3	behind him his great book, Goliath that he wrote back 15 years ago. When I still remember
1:02.4	talking to you on the phone interviewing you from Israel, where you lived for, I think, 10 months
1:07.5	writing that book from inside the belly of the beast there.
1:13.6	And, well, obviously, you don't really need much of an introduction.
1:16.6	One of the most important journalists in America today.
1:19.4	Very happy to have you here.
1:20.6	Welcome back, Max.
1:22.1	Thanks a lot, Scott.
1:24.1	All right.
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