11/11/22 Muhammad Sahimi on the Iranian Protests and the Risk of Foreign Intervention

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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On Antiwar Radio this past Sunday, Scott was joined by Muhammad Sahimi to discuss the protests in Iran. Sahimi gives some background about how the brutal death of Mahsa Amini after she had been detained by Iranian morality police sparked protests led by the country’s younger generations. While both are supportive of the Iranian people in their resistance to the theocracy, Scott and Sahimi are also wary of the potential for foreign intervention to make the situation worse for everyone. They talk about which governments are already getting involved, what different factions in Iran are pushing for and examine the danger the U.S. government could turn this into another Syria. Discussed on the show: The Murder of Mahsa Amini, Iranians’ Quest for a Democratic State, and the Role of Outside Forces” (Libertarian Institute) Muhammad Sahimi is a professor at the University of Southern California who analyzes Iran’s political developments, its nuclear program, and foreign policy. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For Pacifica Radio, November the 13th, 2022.
0:05.0	I'm Scott Horton.
0:07.0	This is Anti War Radio. All right, y'all welcome the show. It is anti-war radio. I'm your host Scott Horton.
0:26.5	I'm the editorial director of anti-war.com and I'm the editor of the new book Hotter than the Sun,
0:32.6	time to abolish nuclear weapons.
0:34.7	You can find my full interview archive,
0:36.6	more than 5,800 of them now,
0:38.7	going back to 2003 at Scott Horton.org
0:42.1	and you'll follow me on Twitter at Scott Horton.org and you follow me on Twitter at Scott Horton show.
0:45.0	All right introducing our friend Mohammed Sahimi
0:48.0	he's a professor of chemical engineering at USC but he's also a brilliant analyst of all American and Iran affairs, and we publish very much
0:58.9	of what he writes at anti-war.com including on Friday his article was our spotlight there.
1:07.0	Iranian's quest for a democratic state and the role of outside forces. Welcome back to the show Mohammed. How are you doing, sir?
1:16.9	I'm doing fine. It's great talking to you, Scott. Great, appreciate that.
1:20.9	Happy to talk to you again.
1:22.8	And really, I'm so happy to have this great article that you wrote.
1:26.8	It's called the Murder of Masa Amini,
1:30.1	Iranian's quest for a democratic state, and the role of outside forces.
1:35.0	So, please, sir, can we start at the beginning with Masa Amini, who is she, and what happened to her,
1:42.0	and the beginnings of the backlash?
1:44.0	Matzav was a 22 years old young woman from the province of Kurdistan, the Kurdish part of Iran in Western Iran, who was visiting
1:56.3	Tehran with her brother to see her friends and relatives.
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