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My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today is a Scandar Sadegi Burajedi.

In today's episode, we talked about the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran,

as the conflict apparently expected to last mere days in the Trump White House,

approaches its second month.

Escandar explained why the Iranian state and military have proven so resilient,

despite the overwhelming firepower that the United States and Israel are able

to bring to bear, and why, in his view, the Trump administration made such little apparent effort

to prepare for an extended conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

We also talked about the prospect of negotiations and what Iran's red lines might be,

and about how the Iranian revolution of 1979

continues to shape how the Iranian regime functions

and why it's a mistake to view Iran's allies in the region as mere proxies.

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Ascandar Sadeghur Borejedi teaches at the School of International Relations at the University of

St Andrews.

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