The Fall of Assad & What it Means for The Mid East (w/ Alastair Crooke) | The Chris Hedges Report

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The Revolutionary Spirit of Iran (w/ Behrooz Ghamari) | The Chris Hedges Report

The United States, in its recent war on Iran, has completely misread the Iranian people and failed to recognize the deep revolutionary spirit that pervades Iranian culture. Rather than inciting Iranian people against their government, the US-Israeli war on Iran has united the pop ...  Show more

Is There a Way out of the Iran War? (w/ John Mearsheimer) | The Chris Hedges Report

At the last minute, Iran agreed on Monday to participate in negotiations with the United States in Islamabad, Pakistan. The fragile ceasefire agreement between the two countries ends on Wednesday. Following the US attack on and seizure of an Iranian cargo ship in the Sea of Oman ...  Show more

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