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0:00 Hooman’s Iranian expertise—inherited and otherwise
3:25 Trump’s new (economic) war on Iran
13:49 What MSM missed about the MOU
18:21 How will Iran respond?
26:36 The intra-MAGA fight over Trump’s foreign policy
29:49 Will Iran do to Trump what it did to Carter?
42:20 Iran and the Houthi-Saudi conflict
47:52 Is the Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey alliance for real?
50:25 Heading to Overtime

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Hooman Majd (Minister Without Portfolio, The Ayatollahs' Democracy). Recorded August 20, 2026.

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Overtime titles:

The (alleged) US-Israeli plan to install Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad: Mossad asset?
A post-US Persian Gulf?
MBS vs MBZ: The Saudi-Emirati rivalry’s next phase.
How the West Bank could unsettle US politics.

Overtime video:

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