CSIS’s Norman Roule, who served in the Central Intelligence Agency for over three decades, joins the podcast to discuss the recent election in Iran and what it means for the United States. In addition, Roule discusses Iran’s role in attempting to influence the Middle East and Africa, plus a conversation about the Houthi activities in the Red Sea.
This is a fascinating look at Yemen as well. The coat in shipping has skyrocketed. China can’t be happy about that.
Niger provides high grade yellow cake uranium to Iran as well as gold— interesting. They get drones in return.
It’s almost time for Iran to we-arm the Houthis he says, and if Iran gives them longer range USV (sic??) unmanned surface vessels, so water drones, as ukraine has and has used effectively, shit will get way more real in the region.
Looks like Iran is branching out its stupidity.
State Department Daily Briefing | August 12, 2024 | C-SPAN.org
During the State Department briefing, Deputy Spokesperson Patel responds to reports that Iran may deliver ballistic missiles to Russia, saying “We are prepared to deliver a swift and severe response” if Iran were to move forward with the transfer. close
Chemicals. Riiiiight.
One private maritime risk firm said it believed the affected containers had contained solid fuel destined for ballistic missiles.
The fire was the result of “improper handling of a shipment of solid fuel intended for use in Iranian ballistic missiles”, Ambrey Intelligence said.
Ambrey said it was aware that an Iran-flagged ship “discharged a shipment of sodium perchlorate rocket fuel at the port in March 2025”.
The Financial Times newspaper had previously reported that two vessels had shipped fuel to Iran from China.
Seems the Israel thread is locked for some reason.
Not sure what happened there, I reopened it.
Good luck with that, you irrelevant nepo baby. No one in Iran is asking for the return of the Shah.
Interesting
Iran is one of the most disappointing countries. They can be rich and prosperous. Years of hardline theocracy and brain drain has done its damage.
The smartest people I’ve met are Iranians that left ranging from professors, entrepreneurs, doctors, and more.
I think they are done , I don’t see any way back for them , the Iranian regime specifically, and I think the article underplays that.
The dumbest people I know are the suckers who are lining up again for another bogus neocon war in the Middle East.
Doesn’t it say the two likely paths forward are a collapse or north korea style inward turn?
If there is no rally around the flag effect, or if it eventually passes, the Islamic Republic’s citizens could ultimately turn on the regime. And if the government secures a nuclear weapon in order to safeguard its hold on power, Iran could end up looking quite a lot like North Korea—a scenario no Iranian would want
And “peaking” means everything is going downhill. Not easier, but worse…
In October 2023, the Islamic Republic was peaking
Yeah, maybe, but hope they bomb the crap out of Israel first for what they’ve done, are doing, in Gaza.
Israel must be seriously leashed. They’re the ones that actually have an atomic bomb. If the American King wants to negotiate, then take Israel’s away, and Iran will too.
A terrible scenario would be the return of the Shah… The son is now in the news talking again… The Iranian Revolution uprising among the people was to end the totally brutal rule of the Shah, in brutality quite comparable with the current North Korean dictatorship
Does anyone support that, or is it just news organizations selling ads using some guy that is suddenly relevant for 5 minutes?
How do you come up with that comparison?
Probably more about 5 minutes relevance, hopefully