#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons
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Abbas’s Website: <a href="https://history.yale.edu/people/abbas-amanat">https://history.yale.edu/people/abbas-amanat</a><br />
Abbas’s Books:<br />
1. Iran: <a href="https://amzn.to/3zzLWVA">https://amzn.to/3zzLWVA</a><br />
2. Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi’ism: <a href="https://amzn.to/3h66fU0">https://amzn.to/3h66fU0</a></p>
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(06:18) – Mahsa Amini protests in Iran<br />
(24:35) – Propaganda<br />
(42:13) – Iranian culture<br />
(59:02) – Violent suppression of protests<br />
(1:20:31) – Islamic Revolution<br />
(1:38:14) – CIA in Iran<br />
(1:54:30) – Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini<br />
(2:25:26) – Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<br />
(2:33:21) – Nuclear weapons<br />
(2:41:38) – Israel<br />
(2:56:18) – Putin<br />
(3:03:50) – Future of Iran</p>