Interview - Iran’s Breaking Point: Jason Rezaian on the Protests, the Regime, and What Comes Next

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@mosheh / tentwentytwo

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

As protests spread across Iran and the regime intensifies its crackdown, Mosh sits down with Jason Rezaian — former Tehran correspondent and Iranian regime prisoner— to break down what’s really happening inside the country, and why this moment feels different from past waves of unrest.Rezaian draws on both history and lived experience. His father left Iran for the U.S. before the revolution; Jason returned decades later to cover the country — and was ultimately arrested and held as prisoner for 544 days.In this conversation, Rezaian explains how Islamic Regime has reached its end date — from economic collapse and internal fractures to a public that increasingly feels it has nothing left to lose. He shares how Iranians still find ways to communicate and organize under extreme censorship, why outside military pressure often strengthens hardliners, and what real support for Iranian civil society could look like.The episode also looks ahead: how fragile the regime actually is, who could emerge as a credible leader if it falls, and what kind of transition would give Iran its best chance at stability after decades of repression. Mosheh Oinounou (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mosheh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

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1:09.6	Hey, everybody.
1:10.4	Welcome back to a special edition of the Mo News podcast. I'm Mosuununu here with an interview
1:14.7	that comes at an extraordinary moment for Iran. Protests across the country are spreading. There is talk
1:20.5	of a revolution. The internet is down. Information is scarce. And reports, horrific reports are coming
1:26.0	out about the regime mass killing demonstrators.
1:29.3	And as the world watches, the U.S. is considering taking military action or other actions
1:33.6	to help the protest. So with all of that going on right now, I thought there was no
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