Professor Tarek Masoud joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the Iran War with Israel and the United States. What would a realistic ‘win’ for the US even look like in the Iran war? Why are people talking about the Strait of Hormuz and why does it matter so much? What are the chances that Iran already has nuclear weapons? Answers to these questions and many more await on Iran War Support.
#Iran #IranWar #Trump
00:00 – Iran War Support
00:20 – What are the chances that Iran already has nuclear weapons?
02:42 – Was the Iran Nuclear Deal a good thing?
05:39 – Is Iran really that much of a threat to the United States of America?
07:32 – Why are people talking about the Strait of Hormuz and why does it matter so much?
09:45 – What would a realistic ‘win’ for the US even look like in the Iran war?
11:19 – Why is Iran bombing seemingly completely unrelated countries?
13:06 – If President Trump ordered a ground invasion of Iran, would it be a long war or an easy victory?
14:41 – Do Saudi Arabia and Iran hate each other?
16:56 – Explain like I’m five: who is Hezbollah?
19:18 – Why does Iran hate the USA and Israel?
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@BlackCatBartender
April 20, 2026 at 7:48 pm
Ayeeeee he’s back to walk through a minefield of questions!
@tarraknyc
April 20, 2026 at 7:49 pm
– How would success in middle east look like for America?
– The parasite dies with it. Or the parasite is moved to Greenland. Cold climate similar to Poland.
@pcva_ninja
April 20, 2026 at 7:51 pm
5:30 a supposed historian falling back on the “inevitability” of events. That’s bush league analysis.
@doctordoom-f9t
April 20, 2026 at 7:52 pm
definitely he took a youtube class on uranium , saw a similar video
@ArnoldsKtm
April 20, 2026 at 7:54 pm
“””religion of peace””” having nuclear bombs is a scary concept
@sarahjoanne165
April 20, 2026 at 8:01 pm
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is actually a book- it’s on audible
@pcva_ninja
April 20, 2026 at 8:01 pm
13:30 yeah bro we’d find those WMDs right quick
@Lolsiee
April 20, 2026 at 8:17 pm
Get this guy more often
@johnbwill
April 20, 2026 at 8:23 pm
Just excellent. Especially useful for those who havn’t yet formed calcified views on these complex subjects. A real ‘primer’ … very good.
@Zaxen117
April 20, 2026 at 8:32 pm
You know this is gonna be bias as he is a Harvard professor which very publicly lost a lot of government funding recently haha
@ahmed1a313
April 20, 2026 at 8:37 pm
12:16 also the uae is funding a genocide in Sudan and it is also a signer of the Abraham accords which recognize the regime of israel as a legitimate state so any chance to turn public opinion can cause the us and israel to alter their policies
@PhillipBell
April 20, 2026 at 8:37 pm
So disturbing that we have to dance around the Orange elephant in the room, because some people can’t accept that he ruins absolutely everything.
@ahmed1a313
April 20, 2026 at 8:40 pm
This guy is ignoring and sidelining a lot of important information
@user-nz5jh6qr6v
April 20, 2026 at 8:40 pm
Pretty insane for him to try and talk about Irans distaste for America without mentioning all the ways we’ve intervened in Iranian sovereignty by overthrowing leaders, shooting down Iranian passenger jets and everything else we’ve been responsible for….
@JRGio
April 20, 2026 at 8:47 pm
I’m glad you took the chance to say Bab al-Mandab as much as you could
@Vyzard
April 20, 2026 at 8:49 pm
At some point i forgot he wasn’t John Oliver and was waiting for the audience laugh 🫠
@NorthArgus
April 20, 2026 at 8:50 pm
How much of the “Death to America” thing is actually an act. A way to create a scapegoats or a “them vs us” scenario for their leadership to exploit?
@uncletiggermclaren7592
April 20, 2026 at 8:53 pm
This is a University professor?. He’s talking as if to primary school students.
@animatedpsychologist
April 20, 2026 at 8:58 pm
Wow. I feel like I have so much more context to understand everything I’ve been hearing. It’s like cleaning my glasses, except for my brain around this topic. Thank you!
@ecokrazy
April 20, 2026 at 9:04 pm
I remain genuinely confused how any moral person could have voted for Donald Trump.
@PaulWright-kb2if
April 20, 2026 at 9:04 pm
A few minutes into this, the Professors makes no sense. He tells us that AFTER to Iranians reach 90% enrichment, and only after, they will begin to make all the other devices necessary for a nuclear weapon. But why wouldn’t they make this stuff before the enrichment is complete?
@hx4011
April 20, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Netanyahu has been claiming for decades that Iran is “close to developing nukes”.
@sutthavas
April 20, 2026 at 9:24 pm
This video is for uninformed newbies in geopolitics who want to get a one-sided biased view of what’s happening
@ZenAku902
April 20, 2026 at 9:26 pm
Another amazing video Wired. I personally would love to see you guys do a video of a bartender answering questions about cocktails (and their history) and what it takes to be a bartender/mixologist. Personally would recconmend Leandro fron the Youtube Channel The Educated Barfly or another famous bartender to be the guest.
@SingaporeLyfe
April 20, 2026 at 9:26 pm
thank you WIRED and Professor Masoud for this production. It is not only insightful but also more importantly gives a clearer indepth explanation on both the conflict’s origin and the global crisis, which im fairly certain many people in the White House are absolutely lacking knowledge of. I would be so keen to read up if HU will publish a modern history book with Prof Masoud as one of its authors