Analysis of the US-Israel War on Iran with Hooman Majd

On today’s show, host Esty Dinur is in conversation with writer Hooman Majd about the escalating Israel-US war on Iran and how these countries are expanding the war to Lebanon, the Gulf States, and beyond. Majd describes the constant barrage of bombs on Tehran, how Israel is displacing Lebanese people, and that the death toll is growing. This week, Iranian leaders marched in the streets of Tehran projecting unity and defiance as the war reaches two weeks. 

Majd says there’s no sign that Israel or the US are going to end the war, and there’s no sign that Iran is going to surrender or negotiate a ceasefire. Despite Trump’s claims that he would pick the next leader of Iran, Iranian leadership appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new Supreme Leader. 

They also discuss the restrictions on foreign journalists in Iran, how the attacks on Iran come on the heels of Trump’s assault on Venezuela, how fundamental religious figures are shaping the war, and the creation of a new refugee crisis in Lebanon and this crisis could spread to Iran if the US deploys ground troops.

Hooman Majd is an Iranian-American writer, and the author of three books on Iran, including the New York Times bestseller The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. His new book, a memoir, is Minister Without Portfolio: Memoir of a Reluctant Exile. Majd has also written for The New Yorker, GQ, Newsweek, The New York Times, The New Republic, Time, Vanity Fair, The Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Politico, and Interview Magazine, among others. He is a contributor to NBC News. He has published short fiction in literary journals such as Guernica and The American Scholar. He lives in New York City.

Featured image of a protest against US war with Iran from 2020 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The post Analysis of the US-Israel War on Iran with Hooman Majd appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.