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Episode 564 Promo - Iran vs. The "Epstein Class" (w/ Mohammad Marandi)

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News, Comedy, Politics

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

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Iranian professor Mohammad Marandi joins Bad Faith to provide context on the US war of aggression against Iran that's sorely missing from mainstream news accounts. On Orientalism, what's likely to happen next, and what Americans (and Piers Morgan) miss about Iranian culture.

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Transcript

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0:00.0

And the last time I was on Pierce Morgan's show, he said to me, criticize Iran.

0:05.8

Come on, right now.

0:06.6

Criticize Iran.

0:07.5

Like, why should I criticize Iran?

0:10.9

I said, oh, you can't criticize Iran.

0:13.4

So I wanted you to criticize your regime right now.

0:16.7

No, I'm not going to.

0:17.9

When you give me five minutes.

0:19.3

No, you're not going to, are you?

0:20.2

Because you're a coward.

0:21.9

And you're a paid up stooge of the regime.

0:25.4

And you know if you do criticize them, they'll take you off the airways.

0:29.1

Your job is to get on the airways and promote the regime.

0:33.2

That's why you can't criticize them.

0:35.3

Yeah.

0:35.9

And if you could criticize them, you would. Are you going to let me talk? Are you just too cowardly to let me talk? You're afraid of me. I asked you a question. You wouldn't do it. You're a coward. You can't do it, can you? You're a coward. It's like so absurd. My country is being bombed. Yeah. And I'm sitting there actually putting myself at risk.

0:57.4

Yeah. And I'm sitting there by actually putting myself at risk.

0:58.3

Yeah.

1:00.2

For his show.

1:04.8

And he wants me to sit down under airstrikes and criticize Iran.

1:05.7

Why should I do that? And I told him on the show, you're clueless about Iran.

1:09.5

If I invited him three or four times and every time he's refused.

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