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Iranian Professor Defends Regime

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

After days of urging the people of Iran to continue to protest, President Trump suddenly appeared to back down last night — noting to reporters that Iranian sources told him that the killing of protesters was over and planned executions will not go ahead. But even as the crackdown on protesters has proven deadly, with thousands reported killed, some are still staunch defenders of the regime. Christiane speaks to one of those voices — Mohammad Marandi is a Professor at the University of Tehran and joins the show from Tehran, Iran.  Also on today's show: Nazenin Ansari, Journalist /Managing Editor of Kayhan London; Phil Gunson, Andes Project Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group; NYT columnist and author Andrew Ross Sorkin    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up. Will they Trump still weighing

1:01.2

military action against the Iranian regime? Meanwhile, still cut off from the outside world,

1:06.8

but howering reports of the regime's killing spree emerge.

1:10.8

Mohamed Marandi professor at Tehran University and long-time defender of the Islamic Republic joins me.

1:16.6

And what of the opposition?

1:18.6

Reza Pahlavi's son of the former Shah urges Iranians to keep protesting.

1:23.6

I speak to journalist Nazanin Ansari, supporter of the monarchy then.

1:30.2

Machado goes to the White House, but can the Venezuelan opposition leader get Trump's backing?

1:35.9

Plus, Fed Chair Jerome Powell, stands firm against what he calls politically motivated criminal investigation,

1:43.3

what this unprecedented move means for America's economy and is democracy.

1:48.9

The United States. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpur in London. He promised help was on the way as

2:15.8

Iranian protesters faced the brutal price of their dissent.

2:19.7

The number of those killed by the regime is difficult to verify, but it's believed to be in the thousands.

2:25.1

And yet, Donald Trump is holding his fire for now.

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