EPISODE · Nov 2, 2022 · 8 MIN
Episode 145: Iranian Protests
from Fault Lines
Fault Lines is back!! Join us for our second episode after our break with a regular cast of characters to get you quickly up to speed three-times-a-week on the national security and foreign policy debates shaking up America.Citizens have been protesting across Iran for nearly seven weeks, defying a deadly crackdown by security forces.Today, Les, Jess, and Jamil discuss these protests in light of the Iranian regime's increasingly strict crack down. Are these protests different than previous protests in Iran? Should the U.S. government be doing more? Are sanctions the answer? Should we be advocating for regime change in Iran? Tune in to find out!Want to learn more about this topic? Check out this article that our experts used to frame our discussion:https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-indicts-some-1000-people-tehran-over-unrest-tasnim-reports-2022-10-31/To listen to President Obama’s full podcast as referenced go here: https://crooked.com/podcast/between-barack-and-a-hard-place/Like what we're doing here? Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fault Lines is back!! Join us for our second episode after our break with a regular cast of characters to get you quickly up to speed three-times-a-week on the national security and foreign policy debates shaking up America.Citizens have been protesting across Iran for nearly seven weeks, defying a deadly crackdown by security forces.Today, Les, Jess, and Jamil discuss these protests in light of the Iranian regime's increasingly strict crack down. Are these protests different than previous protests in Iran? Should the U.S. government be doing more? Are sanctions the answer? Should we be advocating for regime change in Iran? Tune in to find out!Want to learn more about this topic? Check out this article that our experts used to frame our discussion:https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-indicts-some-1000-people-tehran-over-unrest-tasnim-reports-2022-10-31/To listen to President Obama’s full podcast as referenced go here: https://crooked.com/podcast/between-barack-and-a-hard-place/Like what we're doing here? Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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