Soleimani's Iran

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4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When Qassem Soleimani was assassinated by the United States on January 3rd, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander suddenly became a household name. But in Iran, he's been a potent symbol for decades, shaping conflicts in the region and with the U.S. In this episode, the origins of the shadow commander and the complicated legacy of what he means to Iran.

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0:00.0	I'm going to go from Washington.
0:07.0	I am a situation where the man can learn the possible hijack American 11.
0:10.0	I'm going to have to call.
0:11.0	The cockpit is not on the phone.
0:13.0	I number one is in FF and I'm five.
0:15.0	I don't hear a plane that's in high FF.
0:18.0	We're five, six, eight, six, five.
0:20.0	We have a believe it is a Boeing 757.
0:24.0	Can you see him on the other side?
0:26.0	That's the current.
0:27.0	It looks like he's rocking his way.
0:30.0	He's rocking his way.
0:37.0	Oh my god.
0:39.0	I can hear you.
0:47.0	I can hear you, the rest of the world, hear you as a people.
0:52.0	He has a people who are not the special exam.
0:58.0	Well, he's all of us.
1:05.0	In the tragedy of that moment for those of us who paid attention to Iran,
1:09.0	there was this glimmer of hope that both the United States and Iran are adversaries of the Taliban in Afghanistan,
1:18.0	which was hosting Al Qaeda.
1:20.0	So it seemed like there was this natural convergence of interests.
1:25.0	And by all accounts, Iran played a quite constructive role in cooperating with the US and the campaign to get rid of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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