The Mullahs, the Missiles, and the People: On the Israeli Airstrike Against the Islamic Republic of Iran

In this urgent and unfiltered episode, Farshid Delshad stepsoutside his usual domains of language, religion, and culture to address the escalating confrontation between the State of Israel and the Islamic Republicof Iran. Speaking not only as a scholar of Middle Eastern studies but also as an Iranian of Jewish heritage with lived experience in both countries,Farshid reflects on the moral dilemmas, historical realities, and geopoliticalimplications of the recent Israeli airstrike.

🔹 Whatdoes this moment mean for the long-oppressed people of Iran?🔹 Can a population disarmed and disenfranchised truly topple afortified theocracy alone?🔹 Is foreign intervention a betrayal of sovereignty—or a last window of hope?

Tracing decades of Iranian resistance movements and peeling back layers of political rhetoric, this episode asks hard questions and offersa brutally honest response to critics, allies, and bystanders alike. A necessary listen—for those who think they understand the Middle East, and for those who know they don’t.

#Iran #Israel #MiddleEast #Protest #Geopolitics #Revolution#IranianVoices #Orientalistics #FarshidDelshad