Behrooz Ghamari
Historian and sociologist specializing in Iranian politics and culture, author of The Long War in Iran, and a fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center with prior teaching at Princeton.
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Mar 9, 2026 • 53min
Behind the News: The Decades-Long War on Iran w/ Behrooz Ghamari
Anatol Lieven, a foreign policy analyst focused on geopolitics and regional fallout. Behrooz Ghamari, historian of Iranian politics and culture. They discuss Iran's hybrid theocracy and elections. They trace repression, the limits of mass uprisings, and the role of foreign pressure. They analyze Israel's influence, regional destabilization, and why large-scale intervention is unlikely to produce lasting change.
