Afshin Matin-Asgari
Professor of Middle East history at California State University, Los Angeles, and author of Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations, offering expertise on Iran–US relations and contemporary Iranian politics.
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Mar 28, 2026 • 47min
Iran Historian: War Makes The Government "MORE REPRESSIVE" (w/ Afshin Matin-Asgari)
Afshin Matin-Asgari, historian of Iran and author, offers a concise perspective as a participant in 1978 and scholar of Iran–U.S. relations. He traces the 1953 coup's legacy, explains how foreign strikes strengthen repression, outlines Iran’s nuclear trajectory, and discusses regional strategy and why Iranians must shape their own future.
Mar 11, 2026 • 32min
Long Reads: Trump’s Nation-Breaking War w/ Afshin Matin-Asgari
Afshin Matin-Asgari, a Middle East history professor and author on Iran–US relations, joins to unpack the recent US–Israeli war on Iran. He traces how the campaign breaks historical patterns. He describes civilian devastation, information blackouts, leadership turmoil, diaspora politics, and competing war aims. The conversation probes what survival or collapse would mean for Iran and global consequences.
