Another Take: What is Iran’s right to resist regime change?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on June 23, 2025. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.
Israel claims Iran is closer than ever to building a nuclear weapon. But as it targets Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his nation’s attacks will also “liberate” Iranians. In a civilization shaped by millennia of empire and resistance, those words land differently. What does liberation mean to Iranians as the US and Israel call for regime change?
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- Hamid Dabashi (@dabashihamid), Professor, Columbia University
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Tamara Khandaker. The original production team was Chloe K. Li, Sonia Bhagat, Haleema Shah, Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Tamara Khandaker, Mariana Navarrete, Noor Wazwaz, Kylene Kiang, and our guest host, Manuel Rápalo.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Andrew Greiner is lead of audience engagement and Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey, I'm Tamara Kondokar, and this is another take, where we bring you episodes from the archives. |
| 0:18.3 | With the U.S. and Israel, once again, |
| 0:21.6 | raising the prospect of regime change in Iran, |
| 0:24.8 | we're revisiting a conversation from last year |
| 0:27.4 | that asks, what would regime change mean for the people? |
| 0:32.3 | This episode originally aired June 23, 2025. |
| 0:37.2 | All dates and references are from that time. |
| 0:45.7 | Today, the long push for regime change in Iran. |
| 0:49.7 | Israel has started talking about regime change in Iran |
| 0:52.9 | with Benjamin Netanyahu saying that |
| 0:54.8 | assassinating supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini would bring an end to the war with Tehran. |
| 1:01.5 | How Israel and the US use the fear of a nuclear Iran to further their interests in the region. |
| 1:09.7 | I'm Manuel Rappalo, and this is the take. |
| 1:19.1 | After more than a week of exchanged attacks between Israel and Iran, the United States joined |
| 1:23.9 | the escalating conflict by attacking three nuclear sites in Iran. |
| 1:29.8 | The aftermath of strikes that could reshape the region. |
| 1:34.2 | The U.S. military says it bombed three of Iran's key nuclear sites, Fordo, Natanz, and Esfahan. |
| 1:42.0 | And on Monday, Iran retaliated with its own missiles towards a military base in Qatar |
| 1:47.6 | housing U.S. troops. |
| 1:49.1 | An operation called Annunciation of Victory has begun against U.S. air bases in Qatar |
| 1:57.0 | and indeed in Iraq. |
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