Iran’s Nightmare: No War, No Relief (feat. Miad Maleki)
The Islamic Republic may discover that surviving the war was the easy part. Its military has been mauled, its deterrence shattered, its proxies weakened, and now an already dysfunctional economy faces...
10 Sep 1h 3min
After Iran: Is Erdogan’s Turkey the Middle East’s Next Great Threat? (feat. Steven A. Cook and Jonathan Schanzer)
For decades, Washington and Jerusalem worried about Iran dominating the Middle East. But as the Islamic Republic weakens, is Erdogan’s Turkey positioning itself to become the region’s next great revis...
20 Aug 1h 2min
Energy Wars: America, Iran and the Battle of Hormuz (feat. Rich Goldberg)
In this episode of The Iran Breakdown, Mark Dubowitz sits down with FDD’s Rich Goldberg for a wide-ranging discussion on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, global energy markets and America’s growing energy ...
18 Aug 53min
The Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary DNA (feat. Haviv Rettig Gur)
What makes the Islamic Republic of Iran different from a conventional regime seeking security, prosperity, and survival? Its ideological DNA fuses Maoist revolutionary thought, Frantz Fanon’s vision o...
14 Aug 56min
Subterranean Warfare: Can Pickaxe Mountain Be Destroyed? (feat. Yadin Soffer)
The next battlefield isn’t in the sky or at sea—it’s underground.The Islamic Republic, together with Hamas and Hezbollah, spent decades building a subterranean fortress: hundreds of miles of terror tu...
6 Aug 1h 3min
Pickaxe Mountain: Iran’s “Unbustable” Nuclear Bunker? (feat. Andrea Stricker)
Iran isn’t dismantling its nuclear program—it’s burying it deeper underground.At the center of growing U.S. concern is Pickaxe Mountain, a massive underground complex that signals the regime has no in...
21 Jul 40min
The End of the Ceasefire as We Know It? (feat. Rich Goldberg)
The United States has launched a fresh wave of strikes against Iran, hitting roughly 90 targets along the country's coastline, as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz threaten to unravel a fragile cease...
10 Jul 51min
