Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast Seyed M. Marandi: Total War - Attacking Nuclear Plants, Desalination & Infrastructure
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Mar 22, 2026 
Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Tehran University professor and former nuclear negotiations adviser, gives a stark strategic briefing. He discusses threats to nuclear and desalination plants, the risks of targeting energy infrastructure, regional escalation dynamics, and how attacks could ripple into a global economic and food crisis. Tense, wide-ranging, and focused on high-stakes consequences.
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Attacking Infrastructure Equals Targeting A Nation
- Marandi warns that targeting Iran's vital infrastructure would be a crime against the Iranian nation and could trigger massive global consequences.
- He emphasizes that Gulf regimes allowed U.S. operations from their territory, making them complicit and thus potential Iranian targets.
Use Credible Deterrence After Clear Warning
- Use credible deterrence after clear warnings to prevent further U.S. attacks, Marandi argues as Iran's necessary defensive posture.
- He describes deterrence as the only way to stop incremental destruction of Iranian assets.
Iran's Escalation Dominance Over Gulf Energy
- Marandi asserts Iran holds escalation dominance because it can inflict greater damage on Gulf energy assets that would ripple globally.
- He argues destroying Persian Gulf energy would collapse the global economy and harm U.S. and Israeli interests too.