Special - Iran’s Strategy in This War w/ Sina Azodi

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

Politics, History, News

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Danny and Derek speak with Sina Azodi about the first month of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and why expectations of a rapid Iranian collapse have failed. They talk about the failure of expectations of a quick Iranian surrender, Iran’s asymmetric response strategy, energy and economic choke points, the influence of the IRGC, the historical context of U.S.-Iran relations, domestic political dynamics and public sentiment inside Iran, diaspora politics, and what lies ahead for Iran’s nuclear program. Be sure to grab a copy of Sina’s book Iran and the Bomb: The United States, Iran, and the Nuclear Question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.4	Hello, America. Hello American Prestige listeners.
1:02.5	It's Derek, joined as always by my friend and comrade Danny Bessner,
1:05.7	and we are very pleased to welcome back to the program, Sina Azoti.
1:10.0	He is Associate Professor of Middle East Politics at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Pharisees. He's also the author of the forthcoming Iran and the bomb, the United States, Iran, and the nuclear question. You can pre-order it now. We will have a link for people to do that in the show description. Sina, thank you so much for coming back to the show. Good to be with you and thank you for promoting me to associate professor.
1:28.3	I'm a...
1:29.3	Oh, wow.
1:30.3	Did I do that?
1:31.3	I'm sorry.
1:32.3	We're telling you.
1:33.3	We're telling you.
1:34.3	Yeah, we're...
1:35.3	That's right.
1:36.3	We actually had you on to do the announcement.
1:39.3	Yeah, congratulations.
1:41.3	So, sorry.
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