Iran Exposes the Delusions of Empire | Nader Hashemi
4/3/20261 hr 15 min
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This week on The Thinking Muslim, Iranian-born academic and dissenting voice Nader Hashemi of Georgetown University joins us to examine how the logic of American empire is driving this disastrous war with Iran. We also dissect the roles of Iran, Israel, and the Arab regimes in sustaining this conflict.
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First 90 secondsMuhammad Jalal· Host0:00
This week on The Thinking Muslim, Iranian-born academic and dissenting voice Nader Hashemi of Georgetown University joins us to examine how the logic of American empire is driving this disastrous war with Iran. We also dissect the roles of Iran, Israel, and the Arab regimes in sustaining this conflict.
Nader Hashemi· Guest0:20
Who knows, you know, how this war is gonna end? And Donald Trump, of course, you know, thought in his great naivety and stupidity that Iran was like Venezuela. Steve Witkoff in the-- just prior to the start of this war gave an interview to Fox News and said, "Look, uh, we're just perplexed why Iran hasn't surrendered, uh, at this point." He's curious as to why they haven't, I don't wanna use the word capitulated, but why they haven't capitulated.
Muhammad Jalal· Host0:44
The Iranian government, uh, has a level of independence.
Nader Hashemi· Guest0:47
Iran has been able to successfully deploy the assets that it has, primarily drone and missile technology, to exploit America's weakness. It's also been able to penetrate Israel's Iron Dome. The United States bragged that it was sending its major aircraft carriers to the region. Last time I checked, all of them had to flee the region out of fear of Iran's hypersonic missiles. But I do wanna emphasize that the regime is on very shaky internal ground. I don't think we need to look at the Islamic Republic of Iran through rose-colored glasses.
Muhammad Jalal· Host1:19
If the aim of the Israelis is to carve up the Muslim world- Of a turning point where the American empire is going to collapse slowly because of their defeat in Iran.