In the wake of deadly mass protests that have shaken the ruling Iranian government, and with U.S. leaders publicly weighing the idea of military intervention and potential regime change in Iran, American and Iranian officials are beginning renewed talks over Iran’s nuclear program today. We speak to two guests, reporter Nilo Tabrizy and scholar Arang Keshavarzian, about the “very strange and contradictory situation” facing the country. “For both the Iranian state, but more importantly for Iranian people, it’s very unclear what all of this portends, especially since it doesn’t seem like these negotiations will go beyond the question of the nuclear program,” says Keshavarzian.
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