This is the Reason Interview. I'm Zach Weissmuller filling in for Nick Gillespie.

Today I'm speaking with Fardad Farrazade, primetime anchor of 24, a new show on Iran International,

which is a Persian language channel based in London that reaches into Iran via satellite,

despite the best efforts of the Iranian regime to keep it out.

We discuss what it's like to work for a company labeled a terrorist organization by the Islamic

Republic and the dangers that accompany that. He offers deep insight into Iran's protest movement,

the prospects for regime change, why Islamism might

not survive in Iran long term, and the rise of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's former Shah,

as an opposition figure. And we talk about Trump's promises of military assistance, positioning

warships on Iran's coast,

and whether or not America's disastrous intervention in Iraq should be a lesson not to intervene in Iran.

This is the recent interview with Fardad Farsat.

Fardad Farrzad, thank you for talking to reason.

I appreciate that. Thanks for having me.

So the situation in Iran is intensifying quickly, and we're going to talk about the possibility of U.S. military intervention and everything that's unfolded in the weeks prior to this moment.

But I want our audience to know a little bit more about you first.

Your primetime anchor on a news show called 24, which airs on Iran International,

a channel that broadcasts out of London but reaches into Iran against the wishes of the Islamic

Republic. Tell me first by what methods people in Iran are able to watch you and what kind of

responses you get from people inside the country. There are a variety of methods to watch Iran international around the world, but for the vast

majority of Iranians, particularly inside Iran, the main method is via satellite TV, free-to-air

satellite TV, which despite the Iranian regime attempts to block and jam the signal,

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