Strait Victory: Bypassing Iran's Hormuz Chokepoint (feat. Richard Goldberg)
The Islamic Republic played one of the few cards it had left: the Strait of Hormuz. How did military planners prepare for this moment? Was a closure inevitable? If the U.S. and Israel had not confront...
3 Juni 1h 1min
Stolen Revolution: Behind Iran's Protest Movements (feat. Bozorgmehr Sharafedin)
Every Iranian revolution begins with an ordinary life hitting an extraordinary wall. Stolen Revolution captures those moments — the personal reckonings with a regime that promised faith and delivered ...
3 Juni 57min
The Iran Deal - What Trump Got, What Iran Got, and What Comes Next (feat. Richard Goldberg)
A deal has been struck. The Strait of Hormuz is reopening. Iran's nuclear program is — allegedly — being curtailed. And sanctions relief is on the way. But what did the United States actually get? Wha...
26 Maj 1h
The Iran Ceasefire Didn't End the Battle for Hormuz (feat. Aaron MacLean)
Is the U.S.-Iran ceasefire built to last? While the bombs have stopped, the strategic Battle for Hormuz continues to threaten global stability. In this episode of The Iran Breakdown, FDD CEO Mark Dubo...
14 Maj 1h 6min
Winning the Iran War — Whether Washington Knows It or Not
In this special solo episode of The Iran Breakdown, FDD CEO Mark Dubowitz pushes back hard on the narrative that America is losing the war with the Islamic Republic. Step by step, he makes the case th...
4 Maj 19min
The Door Tehran Kicked Open: MBS, The Bomb, and The Battle for The Gulf (feat. Bernard Haykel)
Riyadh is pressing Washington with a blunt message: don't leave the job half-finished.Saudi Arabia publicly condemned the strikes — and privately urged Trump to launch them. Now MBS faces the question...
29 Apr 1h
No March on Tehran: The Military Logic of the Iran War (feat. John Spencer)
No tanks. No invasion. No march on Tehran.Instead: a methodical campaign to dismantle Iran’s war machine — missiles, drones, command networks, and the economy keeping it all alive.But can you break a ...
23 Apr 52min
Operation Economic Fury (feat. Miad Maleki and Rich Goldberg)
Iran isn’t just under pressure. It’s under siege.Its currency is collapsing. Its ports are constrained. Billions are bleeding out as war damage mounts and oil revenue tightens.This isn’t sanctions as ...
16 Apr 59min
