Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a home for plucky misfits and problem solvers.

I'm your host Andrew Heaton.

The West has been understandably focused on Ukraine these last few months, what with the brutality and warfare and long-term

complications and looming fear of nuclear crisis. But what's not getting as much attention is the popular uprisings occurring right now in Iran,

an ancient civilization under the boot of a brutal authoritarian theocracy. the flavored or Theo-Creat flavored. I think all flavors of tyranny are just plain swell, even

Diet, autocrat. The Ayatollah's regime is getting antsy enough from these protests that they've shut down the internet.

Street warfare is erupting between the morality police and the regular folks who are fed up

with it. So today I am going to interview an Iran expert on what's happening over there,

just what is going on?

How horrible are the things the regime is doing to precipitate this?

And is there any real prospect that the people of Iran might be able to liberate themselves?

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