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US Preps for Strikes on Iran: Will Trump Open the ‘Gates of Hell’?
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1:36:26Now PlayingOn The Freedom Side LIVE, Friday, 6/20 at 10:30am ET/7:30am PT, hosts Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear are joined by special guests:
Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran joins the show to discuss the US & Israel’s escalating war on Iran. Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran has already killed hundreds, through strikes across the country on military, nuclear and civilian infrastructure as well as assassinations of military commanders and scientists. Prof. Marandi will break down how this aggression is intensifying Iranian resistance and unity—and what the outbreak of full-scale war could mean for the region and the world.
Eli Clifton, a Senior Advisor at the Quincy Institute and one of the last American think tank analysts to visit Tehran, joins the show to discuss how the US is once again on the brink of an entirely avoidable war in the Middle East. Just weeks ago, Iranian officials signaled a clear willingness to reach a diplomatic agreement in backchannel talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff. Did Israel launch airstrikes on Iran to derail those efforts? Clifton discusses what Iran put on the table, what the US chose to ignore, and how Washington is now steering the world toward yet another disastrous and potentially global conflict.
Teresa Romero, President of the United Farm Workers, joins the show to expose the truth behind Trump’s claim that ICE raids on agricultural worksites have been “paused.” While Trump announced a pullback amid mounting public outrage over immigration raids, Romero says ICE and Border Patrol agents are still targeting farmworkers across the country. Romero will explain how the so-called pause is a smokescreen and will share the impact of these ongoing raids on farmworker communities.
Alfonso “Poncho” Espino, an immigrant rights organizer in Colorado, joins the show as Trump vows to escalate his deportation crackdown in apparent retaliation against the growing wave of anti-ICE and “No Kings” protests nationwide. Despite intensifying repression, including a daily arrest quota of 3,000 and brutal tactics like “collateral arrests” of family members, targeting immigrants at court hearings, and militarized workplace raids, demonstrations continue across the country, driven by fierce resistance to Trump’s mass deportation regime.
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