S8 Ep957: (4) Jonathan Sayeh details the domestic situation in Iran, where the population recently endured their longest internet blackout, lasting nearly two months following a massacre in January 2026. Once connectivity was partially restored, citizens used socia
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Batchel with Bill Rajo, senior fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracy, |
| 0:20.3 | is my colleague and co-host, |
| 0:21.5 | and we're very pleased to have Jonathan Syab, FDD, back in train so we can examine the war aims of the regime, |
| 0:31.5 | the IRGC, and its civilian institutions, such as the Majlis, and and the the the the the the Ayatollah and the mullahs |
| 0:43.8 | however the people of Iran there are 92 million people in Iran it is the size of France |
| 0:51.1 | Germany and Britain put together and then some some at Ireland, at the low countries. |
| 0:57.2 | This is a big piece of property. And the people of Iran are not unified in their origins. |
| 1:04.2 | This is made up of 2,500 years of empire building. So we have people with completely different |
| 1:10.4 | understandings of the world in and around |
| 1:13.0 | Iran. There's nothing united about this. However, Jonathan, we've talked about the people in Tehran |
| 1:19.4 | especially because the capital is 10 million plus. I don't really know what the number is. |
| 1:25.0 | And certainly it's larger since the war began because it has services |
| 1:28.0 | that you might not be able to find elsewhere. What do the people of Iran make of these present |
| 1:33.2 | circumstances? Are they online? Are they able to get online? Is there still blocking? Is there |
| 1:38.7 | still persecution by the very sophisticated cyber players in Tehran. |
| 1:44.7 | What is the status? |
| 1:46.6 | It's interesting you bring up Internet |
| 1:48.3 | because less than a week ago |
| 1:50.5 | is when we saw a partial removal of the censorship |
| 1:56.1 | that had been going on at this point, |
| 1:57.5 | I think close to two months now. |
| 1:59.7 | This is the longest Internet blackout Iranians have ever faced. |
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