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Iran's Ayatollahs and Byzantine Government | S6E4
Episode 4
Friday, 6 March, 2026
Where are Iran's ayatollahs? The real ayatollahs have not been involved in Iran's government for decades. And Ayatollah Khamenei (son and father) are not real ayatollahs. In this interview, we discuss the following: ►Was Iran's Supreme Leader supposed to be an all-powerful king or a philosopher king? ►What are the real powers of Iran's Supreme Leader? Does he rule by consensus or fiat? ►Have any Iranian presidents ever defied the Supreme Leader? ►Why does Iran have so many non-governmental institutions with so much power? ►How and when did Iran become Shia? ►Who are ayatollahs and why are there so many? ►How has Shiism formed the Iranian identity from the 19th century to now. ►What is about Iran that most Americans (actually, most people) don't understand? *****🚩About Our Guest: Dr. Vali Nasr is a professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center. He has advised the U.S. president, Secretary of State, senior members of Congress and world leaders about foreign policy. He is now the co-director of the SAIS Rethinking Iran Initiative. *****🚩My Recommendations: ►History of foreign interventions in Iran ►Iran alone - 400 years without allies! A discussion of Dr. Nasr's "Iran's Grand Strategy" ►2003 and Iran-US Failed Diplomacy: a discussion of Dr. Nasr's "The Dispensable Nation - American Foreign Policy in Retreat" ►How U.S. Sanctions On Iran Backfired On America: a discussion of Dr. Nasr's "How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare" 🚩Adel Aalihost & producer☑️Where to find my program:Home:https://historybehindnews.com Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub Adel on Facebook and X.com🚩Support My Program: Click here and join our other supporters of the History Behind News podcast. Thank you. 🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Scholars in Your Inbox? More than 230 scholar interviews and counting!
