Apr 16, 2026
As the international
community focuses on the regional and economic reverberations of
the US-Israel-Iran war, the wartime experiences of ordinary
Iranians and their aspirations for the future have received much
less attention. Arash Azizi, a postdoctoral associate at Yale
University and contributing writer at The Atlantic,
joins hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj to discuss the war's
repercussions for the Iranian population and how the outcome of the
conflict may shape the peoples' lives going forward. Together, they
explore Iran's internal politics, the viability of the opposition,
and the conditions needed to achieve democracy in Iran.
Read Arash's analysis of the fractured the Iranian opposition here, and his argument for why talks with Washington could ultimately benefit the Iranian people here.
Recorded on April 15, 2026.