The United States has been wanting to subjugate Iran for 47 years, and this is not Trump, it's American policy.

So to him, the great drama of Iran is about that we kick the Americans out.

We want independence. They will be never reconciled to our independence.

They want Iran to be subjugated as a colonial

vassal, which is how Khomeini and the elite of the Islamic Republic view the Shah's period,

and that this is all about that. It is the view that it is the United States agenda to take Iran back to

the Shah's period, which in their view means a subjugated Iran,

which is exactly what the revolution was all about, was about independence. I think that's

pretty important. That's Valley Nasr, and this is alternative radio. I'm David Bar Samyan. This edition of AR features Vali Nasr on the U.S.

war on Iran, origins and consequences. On February 28, Israel attacked Iran. Almost immediately,

the U.S. joined the fray. The claims against Iran are eerily similar to those

made against Iraq in 2003. Baghdad supposedly was a great danger. Today, it is Iran we are to fear.

It's an imminent threat, we are told. No evidence is given. None is needed.

The master has spoken. The U.S. must take military action. To paraphrase an old song,

propaganda runs deep. Into your brains brains it will seep.

Washington has never forgiven Iran for ousting the Shah.

If the U.S. didn't destroy democracy in Iran in the 1953 coup,

things would have turned out differently.

The geopolitical and economic consequences of this war

will be felt not just in the United States, but around the world for years to come.

Our guest today is Valli Nasr. He's an Iranian-American award-winning scholar and author.

He's professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

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