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The Hello and welcome to another episode of Politics Theory Other.

My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today is a Scandar Sadegi Borejedi.

We talked about his recent article in the

New Left Review on Israel's unprovoked attack on Iran. Ascandau explained why he sees Israel's goals

as not being confined to destroying Iran's nuclear program, but also and more importantly,

the de-development of Iranian society and the Balkanization of the country.

We also talked about how Iran is weathering Israel's assault and the degree to which there is

any support for Israeli objectives within Iran and within the Iranian diaspora.

Finally, we talked about whether the United States will, as is widely feared, intervene more

directly on Israel's side.

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poll theory other to sign up. Eskandar Sadeghiby Borodjedi is the author of

Revolution and Its Discontents, Political Thought and Reform in Iran.

His writing has appeared in the New Left Review, Jedalia, Jacobin and The Guardian, amongst other venues.

So, Ascanda, in your article in the New Left Review, you write that,

though framed in the deceptive language

of preemption or non-proliferation, the Israeli escalation signals a far more expansive and ambitious

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