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Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron MatéProfessor DEBUNKS Trump’s Iran Nuke Lie, Ceasefire, & Israel-US PropagandaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.comSubscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here:The US-Israel-Iran conflict is changing fast with civilian strikes, ceasefire talks, sneak attacks, and coverups. And Western media is as war-mongering and dishonest as they have been since the beginning of the genocide and were during the Iraq War. Narges Bajoghli, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, helps sheds light on the reality in Iran and parse th...2025-06-2749 min
Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron MatéProfessor DEBUNKS Trump’s Iran Nuke Lie, Ceasefire, & Israel-US PropagandaClick here for the full interview with Johns Hopkins Professor Narges Bajoghli: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/professor-debunks-trumps-iran-nuke?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseSupport local jobs and get variety of high-quality clothing and activewear at https://www.american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code USEFUL. Thanks to American Giant for sponsoring the show!Go to groundnews.com/useful for a better way to stay informed. Subscribe for 40% off unlimited access to world-wide coverage through our link.Visit ProlonLife.com/USEFUL to claim your 15% discou...2025-06-2749 min
Neutrality Studies🚨 Israel Desperate, Regime Change Psy-Op On Twitter, Bunker-Buster Ruse, Gabbard Sell-OutOriginally published on 21 Jun 2025.While Tel Aviv is getting hit harder and harder, the Israeli's are getting desperate to finally push the US into a direct military attack on Iran. But for now, Donald Trump says he has not taken a decision. It might be an another lie to then hit Iran unexpectedly, or it might be an indication for a political battle inside Washington. Another indication of this is that Tulsi Gabbard just took back or March statement that Iran was not seeking a nuklear bomb. At the same time, we see massive Israeli propaganda on...2025-06-2253 min
PBS News Hour - SegmentsRegime change in Iran seems unlikely amid war with Israel, Middle East scholar saysThe second week of the Israel-Iran war began with a new round of Israeli strikes on missile sites and a nuclear facility in Iran and Iranian strikes on residential areas of Israel. As Israel broadens its targets in Iran, Netanyahu says regime change is not an explicit goal, but could be a result. John Yang speaks with Narges Bajoghli at Johns Hopkins University to learn more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders2025-06-2105 min
PBS News Hour - WorldRegime change in Iran seems unlikely amid war with Israel, Middle East scholar saysThe second week of the Israel-Iran war began with a new round of Israeli strikes on missile sites and a nuclear facility in Iran and Iranian strikes on residential areas of Israel. As Israel broadens its targets in Iran, Netanyahu says regime change is not an explicit goal, but could be a result. John Yang speaks with Narges Bajoghli at Johns Hopkins University to learn more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders2025-06-2105 min
The Listening PostWill Netanyahu convince Trump to bomb Iran? | The Listening PostIsrael's war on Iran was one that many have expected, and yet with nuclear talks between the United States and Iran ongoing, few saw it coming. Propaganda from the Netanyahu government and credulous reporting in the Western media have played a major part in how we got here. Contributors: Narges Bajoghli – Author, Iran Reframed Matt Duss – Executive Vice President, Center for International Policy Assal Rad – Non-Resident Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC Mohammad Ali Shabani – Editor, Amwaj Media On our radar As Israeli media cheerlead for the war on Iran, military censors are tightening their grip on local and foreign media outlets...2025-06-2124 min
The TakeHow close are Iran and Israel to full-scale war?After Israel’s strikes on Iranian cities, Iran launches a wave of retaliatory attacks. With mass evacuations under way in Tehran, the government struggles to control the growing panic. What does this mean for Iran’s future, and how is the leadership reshaping the narrative? In this episode: Narges Bajoghli (nargesbajoghli), professor of Middle East Studies Episode credits: This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan and Haleema Shah, with Sonia Bhagat, Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Tamara Khandaker, Mariana Navarrete, Remas Alhawari and our guest host, Manuel Rapalo. It was edited by Kylene Kiang and...2025-06-1721 min
The Looking GlassSanctions and Economic WarfareWelcome back to the SAIS Review’s The Looking Glass Podcast. I’m your host Vinayak Kalra. Sanctions are a misunderstood policy tool, rooted in a complex history, deemed by some as a lever of soft power and by others as a form of deadly warfare. In the 2020s, sanctions regimes continue to be implemented and enforced as a means of exerting influence on other nations, but often yield unexpected impacts upon sanctioned societies. To help us make sense of sanctions and the broader world of economic warfare, joining us on the podcast today is Dr. Narges Bajoghli. D...2025-04-1035 min
Let's Know ThingsUS ProtectionismThis week we talk about tax hikes, free trade, and the madman theory of negotiation.We also discuss EVs, Canada, and economic competition.Recommended Book: How Sanctions Work by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali VaezTranscriptOn January 20, 2025, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, was inaugurated as the 47th President of the US following a hard-fought election that he ultimately won by only a little bit in terms of the popular vote—49.8% to 48.3%—but he won the electoral vote by a substantial margin: 312 to opponent Kama...2025-02-0423 min
Security in ContextIran, Sanctions and Economic Warfare: A Conversation with Narges BajoghliNOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Iran, Sanctions and Economic Warfare: A Conversation with Narges Bajoghli” from June 4, 2023. Click here to watch the original video.
Executive Producer of the Security in Context podcast Anita Fuentes and Security in Context Media and Knowledge Production Intern Jordi Bernal interview Narges Bajoghli about her upcoming book, "How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare."
Narges Bajoghli is an award-winning anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at the John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Professor Bajoghli received her PhD...2024-11-2018 min
LSE Middle East Centre PodcastsHow Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic WarfareThis event, organised by the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of International Relations, LSE was a discussion around the book 'How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare' by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani and Ali Vaez published by Stanford University Press.
Sanctions have enormous consequences. Especially when imposed by a country with the economic influence of the United States, sanctions induce clear shockwaves in both the economy and political culture of the targeted state, and in the everyday lives of citizens. But do economic sanctions induce the behavioural changes intended? Do sanctions work in...2024-11-201h 21
Geoeconomic AgendaHow Sanctions Work: Lessons from the Case of Iran[Podcast] Geoeconomic Agenda #20 How Sanctions Work: Lessons from the Case of Iran
Host Paul
Nadeau, Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG)
Guest
Narges Bajoghli
Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins-SAIS, is an award-winning anthropologist, scholar, and filmmaker. Her book, Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic received the 2020 Margaret Mead Award, 2020 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, and the 2021 Silver Medal in Independent Publisher Book Awards. She co-authored How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of...2024-10-2234 min
Speaking Out of PlaceIran and Israel: A Discussion of the Recent Attacks with Scholars Narges Bajoghli and John QuigleyRecent weeks have seen a series of strikes between Israel and Iran. Israel's attack on an Iranian embassy building in Damascus, killing seven, followed by Iranian barrage of missile and drone strikes on Israel, killing no one, and then followed by Israeli strikes on Iran in Isfahan all of this occurring, of course, with the continuing unfolding genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and intensifying violence in the West Bank. As these strikes between Israel and Iran ignited fears of a regional conflagration, we are joined on the show by prominent Iran scholar and anthropologist Narges Bajoghli, whose most recent...2024-04-2855 min
KPFA - UpFrontWhat do sanctions accomplish?00:08 Narges Bajoghli is Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Her new book is How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare
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The CGAI Podcast NetworkEnergy Security Cubed: Iranian Power and Vulnerabilities with Greg BrewOn this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan interview Gregory Brew about the growing tensions between the US and Iran in the Middle East, the thinking from Tehran, and how it relates to international energy.
Guest Bio:
- Greg Brew is a CGAI Fellow and an analyst with Eurasia Group's Energy, Climate & Resources team focusing on the geopolitics of oil and gas. In addition, he serves as Eurasia Group's country analyst for Iran.
Host Bio:
- Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute
- Joe Calnan is a Fellow and...2024-02-1546 min
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and DemocracyHow Theocracies Begin and End (Rise of the Far-Right + Demanding Women's Rights in Iran) (Repost)Original Air Date 12/24/2022 We compare the far-right religious extremists who are fighting to gain power in the US with the protests against the theocratic regime in Iran supporting women's rights in the country. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: How a new Christian right is changing US politics - BBC News - Air Date 11...2023-12-261h 17
Deep Dish on Global AffairsThe Impact of Women and Gen Z on Iranian ProtestsSince Mahsa Amini’s death in Iranian custody last September, protesters—many women and Gen Z activists—have demanded greater freedom, including an end to the mandatory hijab. Narges Bajoghli of Johns Hopkins University and women of the Iranian diaspora join Deep Dish to explore Iran’s ongoing protests, their significance for the global women's movement, and the push for gender equality.2023-03-0934 min
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy#1533 How Theocracies Begin and End (Rise of the Far-Right + Demanding Women's Rights in Iran)Air Date 12/24/2022 Today, we compare the far-right religious extremists who are fighting to gain power in the US with the protests against the theocratic regime in Iran supporting women's rights in the country. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) BestOfTheLeft.com/HOLIDAY (BOTL GIFT GUIDE!) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: How a new Christian right is changing U...2022-12-241h 02
SAIS Rethinking Iran#MahsaAmini & Iran’s Feminist RevolutionSince the senseless death of Mahsa Zhina Amini, Iranians poured onto the streets in rage and mourning. #MahsaAmini and the Kurdish slogan cried out at her funeral, “Women. Life. Freedom” have become the rallying cry for a national feminist revolution that has captured the attention of the world. Join us this Friday at 12 pm ET for a Teach-In with Negar Mottahedeh, Sarah Afshar, Neda Shaban, and Narges Bajoghli on the uprisings and how to understand the historical, media, and artistic context in which they unfold.
NEGAR MOTTAHEDEH is a Professor at Duke University. She is the author of #ira...2022-11-141h 06
Politics Theory Other“Woman, Life, Freedom” - On Iran's protest movement w/ Narges BajoghliNarges Bajoghli returns to PTO to talk about the ongoing protests in Iran, which erupted in mid-September following the killing of the twenty-two year old Mahsa Amini, by officers of the so-called guidance patrol. We talked about why Amini's death has sparked such wide scale opposition to the Iranian regime, and the class composition and geographical spread of the protests. We also talked about how the regime is seeking to portray the protest movement as being instigated by foreign powers, and finally we talked about how the left should respond to those who seek to weaponise the cause of women's...2022-10-2754 min
Demos Helsinki PodcastHow Protests for Women, Life, and Freedom Are Reshaping Iranian Politics Podcast: Deep Dish on Global Affairs (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: How Protests for Women, Life, and Freedom Are Reshaping Iranian PoliticsPub date: 2022-09-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIran has entered its 12th day of protests following the death of #MahsaAmini in morality police custody. On Deep Dish, women in the Iranian diaspora share firsthand the severity of what is transpiring, and Narges Bajoghli of Johns Hopkins University unpacks why these demonstrations are different and strike at the core of Iran...2022-10-1645 min
Notes from America with Kai WrightWomen. Life. Freedom.Young Iranian Americans are witnessing a historic moment, as deadly protests in Iran continue over the death of a 22-year-old woman who died while in custody of the Tehran Guidance Patrol, better known as morality police. We invited some of them to share how they are processing these events and finding ways to participate from afar. Narges Bajoghli, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, joins senior producer Kousha Navidar and host Kai Wright to talk about Mahsa Amini’s death and the response in Iranian communities across the U...2022-10-1318 min
Inside the HiveGOP Hopes “Women Have a Short Attention Span”: James Carville Talks Dem Midterm ProspectsThis week, Joe Hagan talks to James Carville, veteran Democratic strategist and cable news stalwart, about the lead-up to the midterms. On the table: abortion rights, how Ron DeSantis handled Hurricane Ian (“Do you know what Florida needs more than anything else in the world right now? I do. Immigrants," says Carville), Herschel Walker (“You cannot tell me that anybody 60 years old would trade brains with Herschel Walker, cuz you wouldn’t”), and who won the debate between Trump-approved candidate JD Vance and opponent Tim Ryan in Ohio (“That was a T.K.O.”).Given the political environment...2022-10-121h 01
Sip & PoliticWomen, life, freedom! (pt. 2)This week Carla and Joy complete their two-part deep dive into Iran's complex social and political landscape in an effort to contextualize the protest movement that has ignited over the past several weeks. In this episode, they turn the mirror around to the United States. How can leftists best stand in solidarity with folks on the ground in Iran? How can we balance the need to amplify the Iranian peoples' grievances with their government, while also rejecting US intervention and sanctions? The duo answer these questions and more on this episode.Have thoughts/comments/reactions to this e...2022-10-111h 09
Deep Dish on Global AffairsHow Protests for Women, Life, and Freedom Are Reshaping Iranian PoliticsIran has entered its 12th day of protests following the death of #MahsaAmini in morality police custody. On Deep Dish, women in the Iranian diaspora share firsthand the severity of what is transpiring, and Narges Bajoghli of Johns Hopkins University unpacks why these demonstrations are different and strike at the core of Iran’s regime.2022-09-2945 min
Mark Leonard's World in 30 MinutesThe election of President Ebrahim Raisi and the future of IranAfter an election which saw the lowest turnout and highest number of spoiled ballots in the history of the Islamic Republic, the ultraconservative regime veteran Ebrahim Raisi was elected as the newest president of Iran. Does the election of Raisi represent a significant change of direction following the term of President Rouhani? Could unified hardliner control of Iran paradoxically lead to a more durable nuclear deal and greater dialogue with regional adversaries such as Saudi Arabia? Will Raisi’s own human rights record prove a barrier to talks with Western powers?To find out, this week’s host Anthony Dworkin, seni...2021-06-2534 min
Ajam Media Collective PodcastAjam Podcast #23: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic RepublicIn this episode, Rustin is joined by Dr. Neda Maghbouleh and Dr. Amy Malek to interview Dr. Narges Bajoghli, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, about her new book, [“Iran Re-Framed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic.”](http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=29666)
Dr. Bajoghli talks about how she came to spend ten years in the field as an anthropologist studying members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Ansar Hezbollah, and Basij paramilitary organizations. Through a study of their media production, she explores how these men developed strategies to reach...2020-09-2031 minAjam Media Collective PodcastAjam Podcast #22: Paradoxes of Dual CitizenshipIn this episode, Rustin is joined by Dr. Neda Maghbouleh and Dr. Narges Bajoghli to interview Dr. Amy Malek, Assistant Professor of International Studies at the College of Charleston about her latest article, [“Paradoxes of Dual Nationality: Geopolitical Constraints on Multiple Citizenship in the Iranian Diaspora.”](http://muse.jhu.edu/article/745776)
Dr. Malek invites listeners to consider how, despite popular notions that dual citizenship leads to greater mobility and rights, it can sometimes lead to the opposite. After giving us an overview of the concept of dual citizenship and its normalization after the 1990s, she highlights how citizenship scandals have been...2020-08-3026 min
The Iran Podcast8. Media and Cultural Products in IranNegar Mortazavi speaks to Narges Bajoghli, an anthropologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University, about how the Islamic Republic uses media to shape narratives in Iran and beyond its borders, how diaspora media provide competitive narratives, how American media cover Iran, and why Iran is still poorly understood in the US.
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Tribune RadioPolitics Theory Other // Iran and the politics of a pandemic w/ Narges Bajoghli & Arron MeratNarges Bajoghli and Arron Merat join me to discuss the coronavirus crisis in Iran, what the Covid-19 pandemic means for the stability of the Iranian regime, how US sanctions have compounded the suffering of ordinary Iranians, and what relations between China and Iran might look like after the end of the lockdown.2020-04-2300 min
Politics Theory Other#84 Iran and the politics of a pandemic w/ Narges Bajoghli & Arron MeratNarges Bajoghli and Arron Merat join me to discuss the coronavirus crisis in Iran, what the Covid-19 pandemic means for the stability of the Iranian regime, how US sanctions have compounded the suffering of ordinary Iranians, and what relations between China and Iran might look like after the end of the lockdown.2020-04-2334 min
Stanford Iranian Studies Program"Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic" by Narges BajoghliProfessor Narges Bajoghli discussed her recent book "Iran Reframed" at Stanford on February 20, 2020.
“An inside look at what it means to be pro-regime in Iran, and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic.
More than half of Iran's citizens were not alive at the time of the 1979 Revolution. Now entering its fifth decade in power, the Iranian regime faces the paradox of any successful revolution: how to transmit the commitments of its political project to the next generation. New media ventures supported by the Islamic Republic attempt to win the hearts and minds of younger Iranians. Yet members of...2020-02-2638 min
POMEPS Middle East Political Science PodcastIran Reframed: A Conversation with Narges Bajoghli (S. 8, Ep. 1)Launching our new season of the POMEPS Conversations podcast, Narges Bajoghli discusses her book, Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic. In this book, Bajoghli provides an inside look at what it means to be pro-regime in Iran, and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic.
Dr. Narges Bajoghli is an award-winning anthropologist, filmmaker, and writer. Her work focuses on the intersections of power and media.
Music for this season's podcast was created by Feras Arrabi. You can find more of his work on his Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ferasarrabimusic)and Instagram (https://www.instagram.co...2020-01-2425 min
Opinion Has ItThe Middle East’s New Eruption | Narges Bajoghli & Vali NasrFears of an escalated conflict between the United States and Iran have quieted in the weeks since a US drone strike killed Qassem Suleimani, but the assassination’s long-term consequences remain the subject of heated speculation. What did US President Donald Trump overlook when he ordered the killing of Iran’s second-most powerful leader? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-01-2127 min
New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNarges Bajoghli, "Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic" (Stanford UP, 2019)Narges Bajoghli’s gripping new book Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic (Stanford UP, 2019) presents a riveting ethnography of pro-regime media networks in Iran, and sketches an intimate portrait of the actors, projects, and infrastructures invested in preserving and packaging the memory of the Islamic revolution 40 years later. Written with sparkling clarity, Iran Reframed provides its readers an unprecedented tour of the multiple sites, discourses, and social imaginaries that inform and define efforts of former members of the Revolutionary Guard and the Basij paramilitary organizations to forge narratives of nationalism that might connect with and affect th...2020-01-1349 min
New Books in Islamic StudiesNarges Bajoghli, "Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic" (Stanford UP, 2019)Narges Bajoghli’s gripping new book Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic (Stanford UP, 2019) presents a riveting ethnography of pro-regime media networks in Iran, and sketches an intimate portrait of the actors, projects, and infrastructures invested in preserving and packaging the memory of the Islamic revolution 40 years later. Written with sparkling clarity, Iran Reframed provides its readers an unprecedented tour of the multiple sites, discourses, and social imaginaries that inform and define efforts of former members of the Revolutionary Guard and the Basij paramilitary organizations to forge narratives of nationalism that might connect with and affect th...2020-01-1349 min
New Books in Iranian StudiesNarges Bajoghli, "Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic" (Stanford UP, 2019)In her book Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic (Stanford University Press, 2019), Narges Bajoghli takes an inside look at what it means to be pro-regime in Iran, and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic.Now entering its fifth decade in power, the Iranian regime faces the paradox of any successful revolution: how to transmit the commitments of its political project to the next generation. New media ventures supported by the Islamic Republic attempt to win the hearts and minds of younger Iranians. Yet, this new generation—whether dissidents or fundamentalists—are incr...2019-12-1754 minNew Books in Islamic StudiesNarges Bajoghli, "Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic" (Stanford UP, 2019)In her book Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic (Stanford University Press, 2019), Narges Bajoghli takes an inside look at what it means to be pro-regime in Iran, and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic.Now entering its fifth decade in power, the Iranian regime faces the paradox of any successful revolution: how to transmit the commitments of its political project to the next generation. New media ventures supported by the Islamic Republic attempt to win the hearts and minds of younger Iranians. Yet, this new generation—whether dissidents or fundamentalists—are incr...2019-12-1754 minNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNarges Bajoghli, "Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic" (Stanford UP, 2019)In her book Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic (Stanford University Press, 2019), Narges Bajoghli takes an inside look at what it means to be pro-regime in Iran, and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic.Now entering its fifth decade in power, the Iranian regime faces the paradox of any successful revolution: how to transmit the commitments of its political project to the next generation. New media ventures supported by the Islamic Republic attempt to win the hearts and minds of younger Iranians. Yet, this new generation—whether dissidents or fundamentalists—are incr...2019-12-1754 min
talk iranA Conversation with Narges BajoghliIn this episode, I speak with Narges Bajoghli, an award-winning anthropologist, filmmaker, writer and an Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. We mostly talk about the topics in her upcoming book titled 'Iran Reframed,' which is about the state-controlled media in the Islamic Republic of Iran. We discuss what it means to be pro-regime in Iran and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic taking place in that country. We also discuss the prospects of war between Iran and the US and many other topics.2019-07-0443 minAjam Media Collective PodcastAjam Podcast #2: Ahvaz & XinjiangIn this episode, Kamyar and Rustin parse out the different narratives circulating around the September 22 terrorist attack in Ahvaz/Ahwaz. They discuss Narges Bajoghli's recent article in Foreign Policy, ["Did a Terrorist Attack Just Save the Iranian Regime?"](http://https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/26/did-a-terrorist-attack-just-save-the-iranian-regime/). Dr Bajoghli is a friend of Ajam, and has appeared on the Emerging Scholarship Series to discuss her research on the [media and cultural production of Iran-Iraq War paramilitary veterans](http://https://ajammc.com/2015/09/27/emerging-scholarship-bajoghli-paramilitary-media/).
Joshua Sooter, a PhD candidate in History and East Asian Studies at New York University joins the show to talk about the...2018-10-0440 min