Making Sense of Iranian Unrest

Abdolrasool Divsallar (Farzam, if you will) joins us again, after well over a year, to discuss the growing unrest in Iran. Farzam is a visiting profesor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute. Twitter: https://twitter.com/DivsallarTimestamps0:00-9:30 – Why these Iranian protests are different9:30-16:00 – What’s up with the Supreme Leader?16:00-20:46 – Regional response31:28-48:30 – the Iran Nuclear Deal/relations with Russia48:30-end – TurkeyMake sure to check out the Cognitive Dissidents site and services here.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp