Who Could Rule Iran Next?
It could get better. Or much worse.
June 26, 2025
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Episode 135 · June 26, 2025
Who Could Rule Iran Next?
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Summary
We talk with the writer Arash Azizi about what kinds of seismic changes could be coming for his home country of Iran, and whether he thinks they could make things better—or much worse.
Read more from Azizi at The Atlantic here.
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