What is Iran’s military and political strategy now that it has struck back against Israel’s illegal bombing of its embassy, and with another cycle of escalation looming? Israel’s strikes killed over a dozen people, including two Iranian generals, while Iran’s response produced no casualties. Why is Israel escalating? What does global public opinion look like towards the U.S. Empire on one side and the “Axis of Resistance” on the other? What consequences could the U.S. face in the region if Israel strikes again?

Brian Becker is joined by Prof. Mohammad Marandi, an expert on American studies and postcolonial literature who teaches at the University of Tehran.

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0:00 Israel Escalates Amid Losing War
3:15 Israel Gave Iran Excuse To Attack
4:15 Israel’s Consistent Bombing Of Iran
6:10 Iran’s Careful Response
7:20 Iran Forced Expensive Defense
9:45 Iran Struck Its Targets
11:00 Iran Will Hit Harder Next Time
12:30 Iran Uses Yemen’s Successful Plays
13:50 Western Media’s Spin
18:00 Bomb A Western Embassy And…
22:30 ‘rules-based Order’: Only For West
23:45 Collapsing Western Empire
25:45 Us Desperation Grows Resistance
27:30 Will Israel Keep Escalating?
29:00 Mid East Could Kick U.S. Out
31:30 Brink Of Catastrophic War
33:45 Poor U.s. Track Record In Mid East
34:40 Weakening Of U.S. Is Irreversible
37:00 Us Took Wrong Lesson Post-ussr
38:30 Us Marginalizing Themselves
40:40 World Sees U.S. Behind Genocide
41:20 Us Empire V. Axis Of Resistance
46:45 Mass Shift In Public Opinion
51:40 ‘many Heroes In This Resistance’
53:00 Relationship Of Iran & Saudi Arabia
55:20 Saudi Arabia Used For U.S. Control
57:20 Us Used Extreme Groups To Divide
1:03:00 Iranians Fully Support Palestine
1:04:00 Post Oct 7 Iran Support Grew