Live briefing on January 13, 2026 chaired by Ilan Goldenberg, Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer at J Street, examined the current state of the protests in Iran, how President Trump’s threats of intervention are being perceived inside Iran, and the policy options currently available to the United States.

-Nate Swanson, director of Iran Strategy Project at the Atlantic Council and former Director for Iran at the National Security Council.

-Negar Mortazavi, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and editor and host of The Iran Podcast.

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