Beyond the Summit with Amir Golshani

In this explosive episode of Beyond the Summit, host Amir Golshani goes head to head with world-renowned economist and geopolitical strategist Professor Jeffrey Sachs in a debate that challenges the very foundation of Western foreign policy. You are about to witness a rare, unfiltered confrontation: Sachs issues a stunning apology for 70 years of "appalling" U.S. intervention, while Golshani, speaking from his lived experience on the streets of Tehran, demands accountability for the "bullets" and "executions" carried out by the regime itself. Is Iran a victim of a global "American Empire," or is the civilization being held hostage from within? From the "Axis of Evil" to the secret maneuvers of the CIA and Mossad, this conversation strips away the propaganda to reveal the uncomfortable truth about the future of the Iranian people. Watch to the end for Professor Sachs’ direct message to the students of Tehran University, it is a moment of raw honesty you won't see on mainstream news.

As a US naval blockade tightens around the Strait of Hormuz and a fragile ceasefire hangs by a thread, the Iranian regime is bleeding $435 million every single day. In this urgent episode of Beyond the Summit, host Amir Golshani sits down with Miad Maleki, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and former US Treasury official and the strategic architect behind the "Maximum Pressure" campaign, to reveal the surgical financial math that is pushing the Islamic Republic to a total breaking point. From the "Day 16" countdown when Iran’s oil storage hits maximum capacity to the internal desperation of a regime that can no longer pay its own soldiers, Miad provides an unprecedented insider’s look at the financial warfare currently reshaping the Middle East. Whether you are tracking the global economy or the future of a free Iran, this conversation delivers the definitive roadmap to the regime's looming economic collapse.

In this episode of Beyond the Summit, host Amir Golshani sits down with Dr. Meir Javedanfar, a leading Iranian-Israeli analyst and lecturer at Reichman University. As tensions reach a breaking point in the Strait of Hormuz and secret negotiations surface in Pakistan, Dr. Javedanfar delivers a chilling warning: The Islamic Republic is "drunk on power" and has learned nothing from the catastrophic end of the Iran-Iraq War.

Is the Islamic Republic closer to collapse than anyone admits?

While the world watching the fragile ceasefire, a deeper crisis is unfolding inside Iran. The regime is no longer fighting to win, it is fighting to survive. In this high stakes episode of Beyond the Summit, we go behind the headlines with an ultimate insider who has spent decades "in the room where it happens."

Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani, Director of Iran Freedom Congress, joins host Amir Golshani to pull back the curtain on the regime’s "No Legitimacy" crisis. From the psychological trauma of the 1975 OPEC siege to the "Persian Carpet" vision for a pluralistic future, this conversation defines the moment the Islamic Republic became a "parasite" on its own civilization.

Is this the end of the Islamic Republic, or just a strategic breather? At this historic inflection point, Amir Golshani sits down with Behnam Ben Taleblu (FDD) to dissect the fragile ceasefire in Islamabad and why the Iranian people are "afraid of peace."

As the first high level physical negotiations since 1979 loom, the region stands on a knife's edge. While headlines talk about diplomacy, the reality on the ground in Iran tells a different story: of 10 year blackouts, regime led intimidation, and a population that feels "fair-weather" support from the West.

In this episode of Beyond the Summit, we cover:

The "Defanged" Regime: Why a military setback hasn't yet translated into political collapse.

The Strait of Hormuz: How 12 mines are holding the global energy market hostage.

The "Islamabad Trap": Are these negotiations a path to peace or a lifeline for the IRGC?

The Human Reality: Heartbreaking insights into what Iranians are saying on monitored landlines about "tolerating missiles" for the sake of freedom.

The North Korea Parallel: The dangerous lesson of the 1990s and why "finishing the job" matters.

Is the Iran ceasefire a tactical masterstroke or a catastrophic trap? Dr. Farzin Nadimi reveals why the IRGC is racing toward a "Dirty Bomb" while the world looks away.
The missiles have stopped, but the gears of war are turning faster than ever. In this urgent episode of Beyond the Summit, host Amir Golshani sits down with Dr. Farzin Nadimi, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute and a veteran historian of the IRGC’s military architecture.

As a fragile two-week truce holds, Dr. Nadimi delivers a chilling reality check: the "Mission is NOT Accomplished." While media focuses on the diplomatic theater in Islamabad, the regime is reportedly moving 60% enriched uranium to black sites. We explore the high-stakes transition from tactical strikes to the nightmare of a "gun-type" nuclear device.

In this episode of Beyond the Summit, host Amir Golshani sits down with Abteen Vaziri, attorney, investment expert, and former U.S. Congressional candidate, to pull back the curtain on "Trump’s Gambit."

While the mainstream media focuses on the surface-level chaos, Abteen reveals the "Real Game": a calculated strategic move designed to bankrupt the Chinese Communist Party by severing their energy lifeblood in Tehran. From his childhood escaping the 1979 Revolution to his career in American finance and politics, Abteen brings a "high-signal" perspective on why the West is fundamentally misreading the Middle East and what the "Islamotrauma" in Western cities means for our future.

Has Iran reached the point of no return? In this episode of Beyond the Summit, host Amir Golshani sits down with Professor Ali Ansari, one of the world’s most preeminent historians of modern Iran, to navigate the "fog of history" and uncover the terminal decline of the Islamic Republic. While the regime spends millions to control the narrative abroad, it has fundamentally lost the hearts and minds of its people at home. Professor Ansari breaks down why the "emotional contract" between the state and the people is permanently shattered and explains the historical patterns of recurrence that suggest we aren't just seeing a cycle of protests, we are witnessing the death of a political system.

Strongly recommend to follow Professor Ansari on Substack Iranshahr.substack.com

What happens after the fall of Iran’s regime, and is the world ready for what comes next?

In this urgent conversation, Amir Golshani sits down with Mariam Memarsadeghi, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and co founder of Tavaana, to confront the question few are truly prepared to answer: what does a real transition to freedom actually look like?

They go beyond headlines and explore the hidden dynamics shaping Iran’s future, from the risk of a more militarized and paranoid regime if it survives, to the fragile path toward a stable, pluralistic transition if it falls. This episode unpacks the role of the Iranian people, the influence of global powers, the challenge of unity in opposition, and why removing a regime is only the beginning.

If you want to understand not just how this ends, but what comes after, this conversation will change how you see Iran’s future.

If we cross that line, there may be no way back.
What happens when power creates the illusion of control?
In this episode, Robert Pape, one of the world’s leading experts on war and escalation, breaks down why the current Iran conflict may be approaching a point that cannot be reversed.
Hosted by Amir Golshani, this conversation goes beyond headlines to reveal the hidden dynamics shaping the war, how tactical success can lead to strategic failure, why escalation traps powerful nations, and what phase three could mean for the global economy and the future of the region.