TheAltWorld Ep. 5527 – Gareth Porter on the Increasing Power Shift Toward Hard-Liners in Iran
- Gareth Porter
- Thursday 20 May 21
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Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the national political scene in Iran, where, in large part thanks to U.S. intervention, the population is increasingly aligning behind the most conservative forces, and moving away from President Rouhani.
Audio PlayerIranians, Porter says, have very little trust that America will negotiate in good faith, and there is now less support than ever for the JCPOA, which the Biden administration is supposedly trying to renegotiate.
Discussed on the show:
Leak Exposes Fissures in Iranian Establishment and Power Shift to Hard-Liners
Gareth Porter
Gareth Porter is an independent investigative journalist, historian and author who has covered U.S. wars and interventions in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen and Syria since 2004 and was the 2012 winner of the Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. His most recent book is "Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare" (Just World Books, 2014).
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