Breaking and Rebuilding Iran’s Economy - with Miad Maleki

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🔎 Our Long Play today:
Toppling the Islamic Republic will only be possible by inflicting real harm on the regime’s oppressive economy. Miad Maleki, the architect of the Trump administration’s sanctions strategy against Iran, joins Yonatan and Yael to unpack the state of Iran’s corrupt economy, and its domination by the IRGC. Can economic distress lead to revolution? And will Iran be able to pick up the pieces if the regime collapses? 

In this episode:

00:00 – Numbers of the Week

05:00 – The WYNDEX

08:18 – Big Short #1: U.S.–Iran talks begin in Islamabad

10:27 – Big Short #2: Qatar’s influence and regional recalibration

13:51 – Long Play: Breaking and rebuilding Iran’s economy

38:48 – Words of the Week

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CREDITS:

Hosts - YONATAN ADIRI & YAEL WISSNER-LEVY

Executive Producer - ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY

Production Manager - BRITTANY COHEN

Community Manager - AVA WEINER

Sound and Video editing - MARTIN HUERGO AND PATRICIO SPADAVECCHIA

Music - MIDNIGHT GENERATION