Making the Case America Was Winning in Iran

Recorded March 24, 2026. Subscribe at angryplanetpod.com to hear episodes first and commercial free.

Last week an article published in Al Jazeera by an academic at the University of Doha in Qatar proposed something that felt crazy to some western war watchers: America and Israel’s strategy in Iran is working.

On this episode of Angry Planet, author Muhanad Seloom is here to explain his position. Seloom is an assistant professor of international politics and security at the University of Doha. He’s also an Iraqi who lived through the Iran-Iraq war and both US invasions. From his perspective, the US has degraded Iran’s ability to hurt its neighbors in the long term and changed the regime.

What comes next is a more complicated question.

Why did this war even start?
Setting aside morality and legality to look at ground truths
“Iran is much weaker”
Missile production, missile range
The highly enriched uranium is in one place
“The regime has changed. Whether we like it or not, the regime has changed.”
The case against the new Khamenei
What is it like to live nextdoor to Iran?
There’s a reason no one is standing up for Iran
Why isn’t the GCC doing more?
What happens if we pick up and leave?
What’s the plan for what happens next?
“It’s not easy to rise up.”
Charging tolls on Hormuz
“I have to say this: I am against the war in any way.”
What about the JCPOA?
A great unanswered question of history
Air campaigns don’t win wars
…did America really lose in Afghanistan and Iraq?
“War is hell.”

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