Sina Azodi, an expert on U.S.-Iran relations, told the Eye for Iran podcast that Iran
could rebuild nuclear facilities hit by air attacks which would delay but not resolve the crisis.

Azodi's analysis comes as Israel weighs striking Iran’s nuclear sites, per U.S. intelligence assessments cited by The Wall Street Journal in February.

Iran could rebuild nuclear facilities hit by air attacks within 6 to 12 months, Azodi said, referring to publicly available data.

If strikes fail to end Iran’s nuclear program, he warned, Tehran may pursue the 'ultimate weapon of defense.'

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US President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Hamas is doomed to fail unless Tehran is under threat and faces consequences, a former US Intelligence officer and military adviser told Iran International.

This comes after Trump set a deadline to return all the hostages in Gaza and warned that “all hell will break out” if the Israeli hostages are not freed by the weekend.

Michael Pregent, appearing on Eye for Iran, said the Islamic Republic controls Hamas and “Tehran needs to feel pain,” if any change is going to happen. Pregent also alleges that Qatar has influence over several high-profile US officials and that this must end for a path forward.

#donaldtrump #hostagedeal #israelhamaswar #ceasefire #iran

Ambassador John Bolton, appearing on this week's episode of Eye for Iran, argues that Trump has issued conflicting statements on Iran. While reinstating his maximum pressure campaign to cut Iran’s oil exports to zero, Trump has also expressed a willingness to negotiate, aiming for a verifiable agreement to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

During the signing of an executive order memorandum, Trump even admitted he was "torn" about enforcing tough measures on Iran. Is this part of a grand strategy, or something else? We explore the answers with Bolton. #iraninternational #ایران_اینترنشنال #trump #iran #israel #youtube #shorts #news #podcast #youtube #sanctions #executiveorder

Iran is undergoing a demographic crisis as Iranians are not getting married and having babies. Diving deep into the issue is Holly Dagres from The Washington Institute on why there's been such a generational shift and how the clerical establishment is now trying to shape Gen Alpha and Beta as the model citizens of the Islamic Republic.#iraninternational #Iraninternational #ایران_اینترنشنال #iran #genz #genalpha #demographics #elonmusk #youtube #youtubeshorts

Donald Trump's first day of returning to the White House saw a flurry of activity, including the firing of Brian Hook, the special envoy for Iran during the first Trump administration who championed heavy sanctions.
Hook's dismissal to observers wondering how Trump will approach its foreign policy on Iran.

Alexander Farley, a program associate at the Wilson Center, told the Eye for Iran podcast that Trump's Iran policy may depart from the maximum pressure campaign of sanctions, which defined his first term.

نزار زکا، شهروند لبنانی که ۴ سال در ایران زندانی بود، می‌گوید که موضع دونالد ترامپ، رییس‌جمهور منتخب ایالات متحده، در مورد تبادل گروگان‌ها بین اسرائیل و حماس «قاطع» بوده است.

The ceasefire deal announced this week between Israel and Hamas sends a signal of defeat to the Islamic Republic of Iran, a former hostage in Tehran who was also part of influencing the ceasefire negotiations told Iran International.
Nizar Zakka, the head of Hostage Aid Worldwide, was kidnapped in 2015 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) after being invited to attend a conference in Tehran. The US-Lebanese dual national was locked up four years in Iran’s notorious Evin prison, spending 18 months in solitary confinement.
“It's a big lesson that this [hostage diplomacy] will not work,” said Zakka on Eye for Iran.
#iran #syria #israel #hostagedeal #palestine #netanyahu #trump #podcast #youtube #news#Iraninternational #ایران_اینترنشنال

As the United States bid farewell to former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday, his legacy surrounding Iran's 1979 revolution returned to the spotlight. For Yitzhak Segev, Israel's last military attaché in Iran before the revolution, it is Carter who is partially responsible for the rise of Islamic rule in Iran.
Serving as military attaché in Iran from 1977 to 1979, Segev shared the conversations he had with Carter that offer a nuanced picture of an American president grappling with supporting a democratic movement in Iran while focused on out manoeuvring the Soviet Union amid the Cold War.

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For some countries in the Middle East, 2024 was a year of historic changes and milestones, but for Iran it appears to be one of setbacks and defeat for its clerical establishment.
The fall of Iran’s greatest Arab ally in the region, Bashar Al-Assad capped off a disastrous year that saw Iran’s proxy forces diminished that further fueled domestic and economic unrest.
Kamran Matin, an international relations scholar from Sussex University in the UK told the Eye for Iran podcast that 2025 will likely be an even more difficult year for the Islamic Republic. What could 2025 hold for the mullah rulers in Iran. Will Iran push forward to become a nuclear power with no other leverage seemingly or will they try to negotiate with incoming President Donald Trump out of desperation?
Watch this week’s episode of Eye for Iran with Kamran Matin.
#iran #trump #houthi #israel #saudiarabia #syria #youtube #youtubeshorts #podcast #news #Iraninternational #ایران_اینترنشنال

Iran carried out 862 extrajudicial executions across the world, according to a landmark report by US-based rights group the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (ABC) for Human Rights in Iran.

Negar Mojtahedi spoke to Roya Boroumand, the executive director of the centre, about how documenting these cases helps expose the Iranian government's tactics and motives behind its transnational repression.

#iran #repression