# Ayatollah Khomeini
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The Making of the Modern Middle East
In this episode of The Cipher Brief's State Secrets podcast, host Suzanne Kelly sits down with award-winning historian and bestselling author Simon Sebag Montefiore to discuss his new book, The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East — a sweeping history of roughly 125 years that traces how …
US war on Iran: Trump will 'declare victory and go home', embracing the 'Greenland option'
François Picard welcomes Scott Anderson, journalist, war correspondent and best-selling author of "King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah and the Revolution That Forged Modern Iran". For Anderson, there is a striking parallel between 1979 and 2026: Washington's persistent misreading of Iran, and the c…
Sept 26, 2026 - Amb. Stan Escudero - The Brutal Iran-Iraq War and Lessons for Today
46th Anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq War: A brutal war with at least 1 million casualties, trench-warfare, human-wave attacks, wide-spread employment of chemical weapons, and yet after 8 years, no terrain was gained, and neither side was victorious.Special Guest - Multi-time US Ambassador…
Are we really living in unprecedented times?
Politicians and commentators keep telling us we’re living through unprecedented times. But how unusual is the world we’re living in, really?
John Simpson has spent 60 years reporting for the BBC, witnessing some of the most consequential moments in modern history. He was on the plane that brought A…
10/23/26 - Election 2026: America's Crossroads, Ilhan Omar Questions & AOC's Agenda
On Friday’s Mark Levin show, Rich Valdes fills in for Mark. Zohran Mamdani is an example of what can happen when voters make the wrong choice. His Socialist agenda could spread to other states if voters do not become more engaged. This election is a choice between advancing President Trump’s Ameri…
Holy Smoke: why theocracies survive – with Peter Frankopan
In the 21st century, the theocratic nature of the Iranian regime – ruled by senior Shia clerics – appears to be a rarity. The constitutional role of religion is perhaps matched only by the Vatican City and Afghanistan, though these vary in terms of autocracy – as evidenced by the brutal suppression…
Escape From Iran 2026: Daily Life In Iran
Join us today for an in in-depth interview with Ace AT, who lived in Iran through war, sanctions, and economic collapse. He shares firsthand details on infrastructure failures like sinkholes and power outages, daily survival strategies, media consumption, social restrictions, and the realities of d…
31 October 1979: Iran oil workers strike
On this day, 31 October 1978, 30,000 oil workers went on strike in Iran marking one of the early actions of the Iranian revolution. The oil workers, as well as the workers' and women's movements in general, would have a large role to play in the revolution until they were crushed by followers of th…
Ten Days That Ended a Two-Thousand-Year-Old Throne
How does a king lose his throne in less than a month? On January 16, 1979, the Shah of Iran fled into exile. Sixteen days later, Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran to the cheers of millions. This episode follows the forty-day protest cycle, the Shah's fall, and the ten days that ended a monarchy…
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