Iran looks far harder to break than many in the West assumed. Pascal Lottaz talks with Dr. Pietro Shakarian and Eldar Mamedov about Iranian Azerbaijan, Armenia, Israel, Turkey, failed diplomacy, and the wider South Caucasus fallout from the war.

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Eldar Mamedov at Quincy Institute: https://quincyinst.org/author/eldar-mamedov/

Eldar Mamedov on X: https://twitter.com/EldarMamedov4

Dr. Pietro A. Shakarian at AUA: https://people.aua.am/team_member/dr-pietro-a-shakarian/

Pietro A. Shakarian at The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/authors/pietro-shakarian/

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Guests and Iran background

00:04:43 Iranian Azerbaijan reality

00:13:26 Soviet myths and deep integration

00:16:11 Armenians and Christians in Iran

00:22:16 Iran as a civilizational state

00:27:05 Gaza Israel and failed diplomacy

00:36:46 Azerbaijan Turkey and war risks

00:55:21 Armenia politics and corridor fallout

01:00:34 Regional solutions and closing

Iran War FALLOUT: It Gets Worse for USA | E. Mamedov and Dr. P. Shakarian