E1417 - EP. 838: AXIS OF EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF U.S. AND IRAN RELATIONS ft. AFSHIN MATIN-ASGARI

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Afshin Matin-Asgari offers fresh takes on familiar topics: America’s rise as a Middle East hegemon during the Cold War; the special relationship between Washington and the shah; the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis; the Iran-Iraq war; the Islamic Republic’s peculiar anti-imperialism; the decades of onerous American sanctions; Israel’s intervention in Iran-US relatio...