How strong is Iran’s regime?
Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent, and Adam Roberts, our digital editor, are just back from a rare reporting trip to Tehran. They join our top editors in the studio to discuss the future of the Islamic Republic. After 46 years of theocracy and a brief but bruising 12-day-war, where does power now lie? And with the prospects of a succession crisis, has Iran been permanently weakened—or is it storing up trouble?
00:00 - Has Iran’s defence strategy failed?
01:09 - Who could be the next supreme leader?
03:51 - Can the regime survive for another five years?
04:59 - How Iranian society is changing
06:21 - What could prevent the opening of Iranian society
Watch the full show: https://econ.st/4r9mmzX
An interview with Iran’s foreign minister: https://econ.st/43HWDEL
Transcript: An interview with Abbas Araghchi: https://econ.st/4rfimhd
Trapped in Iran: https://econ.st/43JEKp7
Sign up to the Insider newsletter: https://econ.st/4nOyzIb
00:00 - Has Iran’s defence strategy failed?
01:09 - Who could be the next supreme leader?
03:51 - Can the regime survive for another five years?
04:59 - How Iranian society is changing
06:21 - What could prevent the opening of Iranian society
Watch the full show: https://econ.st/4r9mmzX
An interview with Iran’s foreign minister: https://econ.st/43HWDEL
Transcript: An interview with Abbas Araghchi: https://econ.st/4rfimhd
Trapped in Iran: https://econ.st/43JEKp7
Sign up to the Insider newsletter: https://econ.st/4nOyzIb
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