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
@Mechanical-Animal
April 21, 2026 at 6:19 pm
Iran has already won the war because they’ve got Trump begging for a deal.
@PeaceFan1
April 21, 2026 at 6:25 pm
Iran has ALREADY WON this War and have been GIVEN Power that they NEVER Had Before!!! All Because of our MORON President!!!!!
@IbaiDieguez
April 21, 2026 at 6:31 pm
Sionist propaganda. Nice try Nety
@KJRM2
April 21, 2026 at 6:40 pm
Only the most deeply insecure nations feel the need to have others be ‘friendly’ with them. You could agree to be cordial and leave each other alone, but no. Obviously the intent behind that friendship is obviously dubious in nature. But once again the rest of us with sense are forced to suffer the repercussions of the cancer that is Zionism/ the UK/US pet project pseudo-state, Americas insatiable neo-colonial bloodlust mindset, and rampant poorly (intentionally) regulated capitalism that puts profit before people. It’s all so very boring.
@MirMotorsLLC
April 21, 2026 at 6:57 pm
Some misinformation about why IRI does not like US. The story didn’t start after the 1979 revolution, but long before that, when CIA assassinated Iran’s Democratically elected prime minister in 1967, denying the Iranian people the right to democracy, leaving the door open for the influence of the west and the Zionist regime, thus giving birth to the idea of Islamic Republic and the extremist clergy that we have in power in Iran today. Please do you research first Mr. Professor!!!
@TheKookaking
April 21, 2026 at 7:07 pm
Israel is the greatest threat to the free world trying to instigate conflicts and then have the US act as its attack dog.
@leonguyen896
April 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Step aside you heathens. Trump is the religion of peace now.
He did it in his first term and he can do it again after Biden screwed everything up.
@leexingha
April 21, 2026 at 7:22 pm
at 5:54, this prof is either not saying the real truth, omitting part of it or totally ignorant of both real geopolitics & how hatred works. there’s a saying “if you dont know petrodollar, you dont know geopolitics”
@LukeBoxMusik
April 21, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Middle Easterns/Iranians are fundamental. They observe everything as written, if you make a deal with them they honor it to the letter. If you break an agreement with them you made, its kind of hard for them to trust you to keep your word on a new one. Cough cough America
@R03524
April 21, 2026 at 7:25 pm
Tarek mossad?
@slyskyspysty
April 21, 2026 at 7:25 pm
Given the history between the United States and Iran, if I were an Iranian, I would most likely be doing the same chants.
What would you expect them to do right now by the way? Us bombing them, threatening to bomb them to the Stone age? Bombing school children? Would you expect them to say we love America? I don’t really think that makes much sense
@MC_Kun
April 21, 2026 at 7:26 pm
16:02 Iran is red pilled
@leexingha
April 21, 2026 at 7:29 pm
at 11:21, what?! is the asker serious?
@whiskeywayne91
April 21, 2026 at 7:36 pm
Hezbollah was created because of Israel
@leexingha
April 21, 2026 at 7:37 pm
at 12:03, the tab for the cost in the defense of the gulf states will goes not to the US but to the protectorates. Iran is one of the 7 countries in the US list & the last man standing. also, the only arab oil that isnt under US control. US will not stop causing war around the world: new weapons need to be tested & the weapon manufacturing oligarchs need riches (these are just 2 examples of US interest)
@leexingha
April 21, 2026 at 7:49 pm
this prof doesnt know how to hide one’s own filth…
@mediteh8593
April 21, 2026 at 7:50 pm
So disappointed with the professors one sided view
@TheSkinnyZ
April 21, 2026 at 7:59 pm
9:56 if it wasn’t so sad and psychotic, it would be funny.
@TheSkinnyZ
April 21, 2026 at 8:05 pm
Explain like I’m 5…
immediately uses the word „militia“. 😅🥲
17:00
@DimensionsofChange
April 21, 2026 at 8:08 pm
Trump: “I’m having issues with the strait of Hormuz.”
Tech support: “Have you tried turning it on and off again?”
@PizzaNoCrust
April 21, 2026 at 8:37 pm
Hmm so the Iranians were at 60% enrichment, but they swear they are just using it for energy. Weird
@Thudley
April 21, 2026 at 8:43 pm
we need an electrician interview now
@romanb1525
April 21, 2026 at 9:01 pm
An expert that keeps repeating the word deal lost his credibility in my book. Countries don’t make deals.
@vanhielf
April 21, 2026 at 9:03 pm
6:55 being a Harvard professor one would expect you ask why do they hate the US in the first place? Like, do you know the fckng sh1t mess you’ve done there and generally in the whole region? Like man, you deserve it.
@vanhielf
April 21, 2026 at 9:19 pm
Smells like jew spirit
@Rafael_Gerard
April 22, 2026 at 10:34 am
Wow. Pure propaganda.
@BryanSeigneur0
April 22, 2026 at 10:35 am
Presuming that’s one IR flag and one Persian monarchy flag on the desk?
@RaminM-xe2jl
April 22, 2026 at 10:41 am
Great video but I think instead of saying Iran he should have said the Islamic Republic of Iran or the Iranian Regime because most Iranians in Iran like the USA 🆗
@tallkerry
April 22, 2026 at 10:50 am
Am I crazy or is this an informative non-biased unsensational account on the Iran war? Thank you for this video!
@courageaigbedion4955
April 22, 2026 at 10:51 am
Not impressed with this talk in the least
Just dropped already known and accessible facts and heavily increased it toxicity with complete bias towards a certain notion
You didn’t educate
@ammalessingtaweesak4316
April 22, 2026 at 10:58 am
The only winner in this war is Israel.
@Mrhondashine6566
April 22, 2026 at 11:05 am
😂😂 he is no expert at all..iran hate USA because USA is always hungry for oil.
@Adriano12358
April 22, 2026 at 11:20 am
So if iran survives it wins? That’s a pretty low bar and is quite humiliating 😅😅
@WIRED
April 22, 2026 at 12:03 pm
Join Tarek on part two, as he delves into questions about the Iranian government:
@joshua3196
April 22, 2026 at 2:26 pm
Please get him for part 3 and 4! More Prof Masoud!
@bekincai
April 24, 2026 at 12:13 pm
is this guy a jew?
@bekincai
April 24, 2026 at 12:15 pm
ok google says not a jew, but certainly seems to be on the zionist shill pay list.
@KellenLeroy-e1m
April 22, 2026 at 12:10 pm
Does iran have nukes. Well israel isnt a smoking hole so no
@KellenLeroy-e1m
April 22, 2026 at 12:11 pm
They will use it immediately. Iran isnt iraq. They have real scientists
@Sivakumar-fr3de
April 22, 2026 at 12:40 pm
Harvard guys will never use the full truth, didn US coup Iranian government. In reverse if it happens to you, what’s the exact sentiment will prevail. If possible stay in tech or science topics
@AxelQC
April 22, 2026 at 12:49 pm
The US lost the war the minute Trump dropped the first bomb. Iran was undergoing an internal revolution that would overturn the Ayatollah regime after 50 years. Trump killed that opposition by playing into the “Great Satan” rhetoric that the Ayatollahs have used against the US since the 1970s. Then he bombed a girls’ school and it was all over. Now the Ayatollahs have another decade of power. Bush gave them 20 years with his foolish invasion of Iraq, and now Trump renewed them for another decade. The Iranian Opposition is dead because Trump killed it.
@mattosso7676
April 22, 2026 at 1:03 pm
13:54 There is no scenario where America wins the war in Iran. We don’t have enough troops or resources. Defending a country is much easier than invading and controlling a country.
@LaraLove23
April 22, 2026 at 1:47 pm
“There’s another form, which is a kind of unstable form, called uranium-235, and that’s what you want to use to make a nuclear weapon.” Instructions unclear. Please help.
@Bolerophon
April 22, 2026 at 1:55 pm
Can this guy spell biased? Listening to him it all sounds like this war just came to be out thin air, nothing happened and the Iran started a war.
@Moneykinda5295
April 22, 2026 at 2:23 pm
Did you guys hear one time this guy mention imperialism or 1953 coup?
@xoSilverSurfer
April 22, 2026 at 2:54 pm
sooo helpful dr masoud is awesome!
@AustinTaylor-d5w
April 22, 2026 at 5:22 pm
“To lose friends and alienate people” what a professional roast
@sapirmizrahi4628
April 22, 2026 at 5:31 pm
In 7.10 there were way more than 700 civilians killed. More like 1200 dead and tens of tousands injured. In about one day. What other country was responsible for such devestation in human history?
And please don’t give me Natzi Germany or Russia as an example. It’s not even the same scale.
There was and will not be any other country in the world posing more threat to the stability of Middle East region as much as Iran. The Islamisc Republic has not only established, financed and supported terror woldwide for more than four decades now, they are actually first and foremost posing the biggest risk to their own ppl, the Iranian folk. These people deserve to live in peace, prosperity and democracy and it is for them (more than for anyone else) we need to fight the islamic republic and lead to a regime change.
@jimpence1
April 22, 2026 at 5:45 pm
20:09 A better explanation is that the Iranian regime only paid lip service to Palestine until the events in 1982 in Lebanon, which permanently tied the fate of the region’s Arab Shi’ites to Palestinians .
@lionqwest
April 22, 2026 at 6:00 pm
No lines on a map? Not interested!
@robertalexander-bk5zj
April 22, 2026 at 6:36 pm
Y’all, the Iran bots are wildin’ in the comments section.
@ambivalentsheep
April 22, 2026 at 6:51 pm
The Trump administration stopped the Islamkist regime being toppled in Iran. There was a growing street led rebellion and what did the US do? Become an invading force that could unite the population in needing to focus on a biger external threat to their very existence rather than trying to change internally. It’s literally the opposite of what you should do as an outside force if you want to change the power in charge – it strengthens whoever is in power to act as the saviours of the nation against an aggressive invader – Ho Chi Minh and the Americans, the Taliban and the Americans, the Soviets post 1917 and the West, the French revolutionaries and Austria/Prussia.
And EVEN if they won then what? Look at Afghanistan and Iraq after so called wins? You think the Taliban and ISIS were bad? Iran in the grips of an even more radical anti West terrorist group with access to nuclear material and sitting on top of a fifth of the world’s oil? Why do Americans never learn anything. Unless theres the trillions it would take to rebuild democratic institutions and economic stability over decades like West Germany and post WW2 Japan then there is only going to be a worse situation after this.
@Summerhead96
April 22, 2026 at 7:46 pm
He’s back! I love him
@anything_lives_here
April 22, 2026 at 8:23 pm
funny how you gloss over “the whole palestine thing.” it’s kind of the crux of everything. since there will be no inflexibility on this matter, this will never end.
@DigitalDiamonds24
April 23, 2026 at 8:36 am
Too jolly 😃😀
@JoseRovirosa-t4l
April 23, 2026 at 8:59 am
Not a Ai fake Israel question … lol
@AANGoa
April 23, 2026 at 9:39 am
This bs video and sooooo
Israeli backed 😂😂
@JustinAzole42
April 23, 2026 at 10:30 am
I remember when everyone talked about how strong and capable the Iraqi army was too lmao
@scottishdex
April 23, 2026 at 11:20 am
Informative but disappointingly bias.
@TjayK2
April 23, 2026 at 11:29 am
Shocker a guy sporting a Islamic state flag is defending current Iran 😂
Iran used to be a beautiful country in the 19070s then these Islamic extremists came through and forced their religion on the entire country with force.
Yea let’s let the guy representing their flag give unbiased opinions on the state of affairs… 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Way to platform a terrorist there Harvard and whatever YouTube channel sponsored this trash.
@SlimjimNYC270
April 23, 2026 at 11:42 am
👍
@brandonderrick006
April 23, 2026 at 11:53 am
We don’t say “death to Iran” therefore we are the better people and on the right side of history.
@ArucardIII
April 23, 2026 at 11:57 am
Good goy.
@REV_Pika
April 23, 2026 at 11:58 am
any attempt at changing the iranian regime is a suicide mission, not only the majority of the iranian people support the current regime in principle and hate america, but also its of china and russias interst to maintain a country that opposes the west. and the oppoiste they wouldnt want more american influence close to them in the region. so you wouldnt be fighting iran alone. you would fight iran with the help of china and russia.
@TjayK2
April 23, 2026 at 12:28 pm
Islamists are just apes that want to kill anyone and everyone who practices a different religion than theirs. No sympathy for them.
@mmdday
April 23, 2026 at 1:03 pm
this guy is much better than the china expert wired previously hired. Prof Masoud explains both sides of an issue, rather than propagandizing his own political agenda.
@plow5830
April 23, 2026 at 1:16 pm
So 1979 was the turning point for Iran’s resentment against the US? Why don’t you tell us what happened in 1953 that had a lasting effect decades later.
@MohamedHasan-l6y
April 23, 2026 at 1:20 pm
Who appointed America the police of the world? Having nuclear weapons and dont want other countries to have same weapons.
@kasrataghikhani7155
April 23, 2026 at 1:38 pm
Professor Masoud, The Persian Gulf is a historically established and internationally recognized name. This isn’t about Iran vs. Saudi Arabia, it’s about documented geographic usage, just like the Arabian Sea or Gulf of Oman.
@kevin171994
April 23, 2026 at 1:43 pm
Stop war, free Christians on middle east, usa stop being Israel puppet you are a disgrace
@Lumbyard1513
April 23, 2026 at 2:15 pm
Ok…but why did Israel invade Lebanon in 1982 🎤
@urbanstrencan
April 23, 2026 at 3:37 pm
Ok this was great episode, some interesting things learned, this Iran war is defiantly much more unpredictable than anyone expected!
@k.terrez
April 23, 2026 at 5:33 pm
I saw somewhere that Hesbola is a response to mistreatment at the hands of Israel, this reminds me of how some gangs were created in response to violence at the hands of the police.
@DC613
April 23, 2026 at 5:41 pm
It’s a good sign when someone answers a question by saying that there are two points of view. And it’s a really good sign if that person can then explain both of them.
@DC613
April 23, 2026 at 6:02 pm
20:53 With all due respect, I have a third reason. They’re jealous because God chose the Jews over them. It’s pretty clear historically.
@JaximusTaximus
April 23, 2026 at 6:05 pm
You can’t ever end the Iranian nuclear program until you kill then all.
The end goal appears to be greater American energy independence, and training our capabilities.
There really isn’t an American “loss” here. There are many Israeli loss conditions, but not really for America. We’re really not here.
A secondary American win condition appears to be stronger bargaining against nato, and more control or the dissolution of the alliance.
@Michael-of-Chicago
April 23, 2026 at 7:32 pm
“Great battlefield successes” shows a bombed university. Fantastic.
@6thdayblue59
April 23, 2026 at 7:51 pm
Thank you for this insight x
@OneMegaPiece
April 23, 2026 at 9:31 pm
11:25
At the very end before the ceasefire, UAE launched a large attack on Iran and they were struck back
@OneMegaPiece
April 23, 2026 at 9:38 pm
Why did this feel like he whitewashed all the atrocities committed by the US and Israel?
@randomized-r6b
April 23, 2026 at 9:53 pm
If you break down the Oct. 7 deaths by civilian and military, should you not do the same for the deaths in Gaza?
@domokero1446
April 24, 2026 at 2:26 am
See how trump is the bad people
@middleclass1295
April 24, 2026 at 6:59 am
What do you think Epstein Class wants a win for USA??
@MusikschuleClavina
April 24, 2026 at 7:30 am
Thank you for explaining with out Hysterie and with out music!
@fg4peace
April 24, 2026 at 7:43 am
Correction: the whole Muslim world hates iS Real ( not cause of few Jews who truly value peace and are also against European settlers who forcefully thru colonial imperial land grab/steal of Muslim/Islamic lands by brainwashed Christians of Midwest and Farwest aka EU/UofSA). This cannot be said about the appeasing puppet leaders of the Islamic world but the general public, over 2 billion+, have this view.
@Nicmadis
April 24, 2026 at 10:43 am
I mean… This war should never have started, and Trump is an insane lunatic. But at this point, they would have to literally nuke Iran to cause enough human attrition to “win” the war.
Afghanistan has repeatedly taught the world powers that you cannot win in the middle east by fighting and holding ground alone.
Wherever that religion has majority, you are not fighting a army. You are fighting a population of fanatics.
@HollyBusker
April 24, 2026 at 11:54 am
I disagree with the “lose allies” partially. There are 2 reasons. One is, like you said, rising cost of the war. Is a concept called “countervalue”. The second one is punishment. Thise countries are not “innocent” based on international law, as they were used for the agression (has been docimented) by letting their bases, airspace and soils for launching attacks.
@mohammadmahfujurrahman6958
April 24, 2026 at 12:01 pm
Notice how he didn’t call Hezbollah a “terrorist militia”, but they put the word in the pop up inset.
@ahmedameenM
April 24, 2026 at 12:10 pm
6:32 America started the war with iran before 1974 in operation ajax to install monoarch loyal to them. Not to mention the incriminating documents found on the us embassy they wanted to destabilize iran again. Iran hate is not out of vacuum
@SmokingPhoenix85
April 24, 2026 at 12:45 pm
The professor didnt mention the hit on Azarbajan.
@KeshenMac
April 24, 2026 at 1:08 pm
6:06 ngl that flag goes hard
@benjamincarter6095
April 24, 2026 at 1:33 pm
The US has ZERO economic incentive to reopen the strait and end the war. A prolonged war hurts the US less RELATIVE to the remainder of developed countries. Prepare accordingly, and expect bombings to continue until the IRGC is extinct.
@Khuros
April 24, 2026 at 2:09 pm
The pager attack also killed and maimed tons of civilians and children.
@aappaapp6627
April 24, 2026 at 2:16 pm
Love having this guy on!
@TheAlgeriano9
April 24, 2026 at 2:45 pm
12:56 the gulf countries were never neutral except maybe Qatar and Oman. The others are 100% pro America anti Iran, just as they were anti Iraq in the past.
@1985zebulon
April 24, 2026 at 4:39 pm
Not including the history of our ouster of Mossadeq or the understanding that just housing an American base means that neutrality is impossible. The GCC countries are not neutral in any way. Ok he did mention Mossadeq.
@subsahara1858
April 24, 2026 at 4:58 pm
Uranium and utopia These are two countries I know.
@mahanskian
April 24, 2026 at 5:59 pm
It is (and will always be) the “Persian Gulf.” It’s disappointing to see someone who presents themselves as a Harvard professor overlook such a fundamental and widely recognized geographic name in a field they claim expertise in!!
@baby2butt
April 24, 2026 at 6:16 pm
Very unfortaunte Tarek mistakes as most media outlets to distinguish between iranian people and the iranian people that supports the islamic regime’s,, its 85% to 15% inside Iran, latter supporting this regime. Please be clearer going forward – your audience will remain confused that 85% of the Iranians want this regime gone.
@alexaales7937
April 24, 2026 at 8:03 pm
oh great, so its another weapons of mass destruction war, that all of us are paying for due to us stupidity. thanks trump voters!
@supergroovy8346
April 25, 2026 at 12:02 am
There are facts in this guys talk but also hidden propaganda…
@jameswil15213
April 25, 2026 at 12:16 am
Ask your self why does Iran have very few supporters. It’s because its government is a bully. War is the answer but Iran needs to change.
@alchemistmd2422
April 25, 2026 at 12:32 am
that tie
@naqvimuhammad
April 25, 2026 at 3:46 am
12:58 with friends like these who needs enemies
@noddybebetrain9896
April 25, 2026 at 4:59 am
Jew puppet. Kidrapists
@RisedTheworldchanger
April 25, 2026 at 4:59 am
19:40 with all due respect, there is nothing democratic about Mossadegh. He was elected as a member of parliament (being approved by the king to be a candidate) but his prime minister position was him being appointed by the king. No election.
@RedHair651
April 25, 2026 at 5:11 am
I genuinely don’t think he meant it that way, but I really hate how nonchalant many people are with regards to the US seizing and settling parts of other sovereign nations. Why did the US invading that island only a single sentence in this video and not the basis of a couple more sentences whereby they and their little satellite state can just take bits of other countries, but if Russia does it, it’s an absolute catastrophe. It’s a huge deal if anyone does it.
@Ferry_Frame
April 25, 2026 at 5:19 am
12:00 That is a lie. They launched missiles at Azerbaijan and Oman, both of which are their allies. They also attacked airports and hospitals in the Emirates.
@Ferry_Frame
April 25, 2026 at 5:21 am
19:35 That is incorrect. The Islamic Republic regime has no fondness for Mosaddegh whatsoever.
@Ferry_Frame
April 25, 2026 at 5:22 am
20:14 We Iranians do not care at all! We found Isreal and other countries not an enemy at all! It is the regime not the Iranians
@aybehnam100
April 25, 2026 at 7:35 am
Persian or aRab/ian Gulf???? That tells me all I need to know about how empirical you and your views are, professor or propagandor. It has one name: the Persian Gulf. There’s no “or” in it.
@nexsusfive2042
April 25, 2026 at 7:40 am
Iran is targetting other middle eastern countries because they are complicit in the US attacks. It a bit like if u drove a serial killer around a city, knowingly stopping at houses for the killer to murder people. The law will consider u a murderer too, even though you did not pull the trigger. The middle eastern countries are allowing the USA to attack Iran. They are complicit in this war and will get attacked. That is how it has always worked in history. He is not much of a professor if this fact is beyond his awareness.
@ariccy
April 25, 2026 at 8:58 am
You might be asking why Iran cares so much about Israel? Well, we non-american-nor-jews are much more interested in why the US cares so much about Israel?
@apatterson8128
April 25, 2026 at 9:06 am
“Iran for Dummies.” Thanks for that.
@matinrezaee9406
April 25, 2026 at 9:08 am
few points to make. 1. thats called persian gulf at least at all the books and maps in the history it has always called persian gulf. second: regime change is the only thing iranians want. survive, nuclear program and all the things automatically comes after.
@omars9986
April 25, 2026 at 11:03 am
This guy really only studied the american side.
@ZZZHamidZZZ
April 25, 2026 at 11:53 am
I enjoyed this video a lot but I just wished the misconception about Mossadegh and 1953 “coup” changed among western academics. Mossadegh was democratically elected but he tried to undemocratically seize power and was removed by pro-constitution forces. Saying “democratically-elected” should not make people holy as you may know a famous would-be painter was also democratically elected.
@SuperBeetox
April 25, 2026 at 12:28 pm
If Iran has no weapon grade uranium then why they limit IAEA to monitor?
@Potaters12
April 25, 2026 at 2:57 pm
Very well said. The kind of level-headed commentary we need more of..
@israfil.daniyal
April 25, 2026 at 4:01 pm
HHH are not Iran proxies maybe allies or supplied by. Iran was not a threat to the Americas. They do not have the ability to launch an attach on the Continental US. I heard enough. It was the USA that acts of terror and an illegal change of Government by instilling a dictator Reza Pahlavi who sold out Iran to the USA. Every empire acts with impunity till it collapses economically. The US threatened Greenland and Canada and have attacked or killed millions in many wars. They started as terrorists to the King and they remain committed to their roots. I know that good people live in the US, nonetheless, they like most citizens of the world, do not shape policies of their respective countries. In short do NOT BS us.
@parvinh8809
April 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
It’s Persian Gulf. It’s been always Persian Gulf. Many old documents exist! Never been a Persian/Arab Gulf. Thanks for the content.
@watchyoutube1268
April 25, 2026 at 5:56 pm
I think this regime sympathizer should be detained
@mvic81818
April 25, 2026 at 6:53 pm
Let’s get them boots on the ground!!! FULL INVASION!!!!
@California-x1s
April 25, 2026 at 9:10 pm
Your obsolete tech support keeps repeating tired old talking points about the late Shah of Iran. Much of that narrative was shaped by Cold War propaganda, Soviet influence, and Western leftist circles that reduced a complex era to slogans. Serious historians today recognize a far more nuanced picture: modernization, state-building, women’s advancement, infrastructure growth, alongside real political shortcomings, just like Dubai
@garychristison763
April 25, 2026 at 10:13 pm
Give control of Iran’s water supply to Iraq and treat Iran as another Afghanistan. If they don’t want to be a member of the world community, fine.
@janwa09
April 26, 2026 at 2:38 am
Seems like the US is threatened by Iran’s high literacy hence the bombings of schools and universities.
@WamdonDonns
April 26, 2026 at 4:02 am
Wake TF UP 😂 With Trump THE USA IS THE TREAD, OBVIOUSLY… to the entire world, even to its own citizens.
@aliawada1126
April 26, 2026 at 7:04 am
This guy’s living in mars. Iran launched attacks on Gulf countries hosting military bases, being used to launch attacks on Iran. Plus the US used to steal and control Iran before the Islamic Revolution. Kinda normal that they chanted death slogans. Funny how easy those platforms alter facts, or state missing facts, misleading info.
@whatthellisgoingon9457
April 26, 2026 at 7:13 am
Hey hey hey wait a minute…;
8:07 It is Not “Persian-Arabian gulf”, IT IS in fact “Persian gulf” period.
@KafshakTashtak
April 26, 2026 at 8:33 am
Just an FYI, IAEA treaties even allow for 100% U235 enrichment. It’s the NPT that bans building and testing nuclear weapons. So Iran has the right to even reaching 100% enrichment. Iran has signed NPT, Israel hasn’t.
@KafshakTashtak
April 26, 2026 at 8:50 am
12:35 Uuuh, As said by President Trump and Peter Kegsbreath, those Arab countries were involved in the war, and fighting.
@WasabiSniffer
April 26, 2026 at 1:21 pm
good entry-level explanation. i’m not so sure about the nuclear capability, one way or the other. on the one hand, yes, historically they’ve been on the verge of nuclear weapons for years, and whether or not US, Israeli, or other efforts have effectively delayed that is only known to those within those top secret circles. on the other hand, having allies that have access to nuclear weapons would cut down on research, development and production efforts and time. knowing what missile programs they DO have, it doesn’t seem too far off to expect them to have a capable warhead. though i would expect them to brag about it more, so that’s a very good point.
@Alex1955x
April 26, 2026 at 1:54 pm
Persian “Arabian” gulf?? Which high school did you go to ?
Is how they thought the geography of the world?!
@AmirGTR
April 26, 2026 at 7:50 pm
*Stop saying Iranians*
IRGC stands for:
Islamic Revolutionary Gaurd Corp
They’ve taken _Iranians_ hostage too.
@M16-mini
April 27, 2026 at 6:18 am
lol no
@ABRain03
April 27, 2026 at 12:10 am
He can be professor or whatever but you lose me when you start using words like clients and proxies. Does he know what they mean or is he just trying to play ball with Harvard so he doesn’t get kicked out. They are allies because Iran doesn’t dictate or force those allies to do things on its behalf. They are resisting aggressors who happen to be Iran’s enemies as well.
@stevirino
April 27, 2026 at 1:58 am
The gulf states were practicing “neutrality” before the war?
@M16-mini
April 27, 2026 at 6:18 am
nope lol
@Aupaatleti19o3
April 27, 2026 at 5:45 am
good propaganda content for good goys
@M16-mini
April 27, 2026 at 6:18 am
true, no mention of american proxies, no mention of why the irgc came to power
@asafrokni3339
April 27, 2026 at 6:54 am
So to those who think Iran wasn’t “enough” of a threat to the USA homeland, and thought they should just be left alone: Do you not know the history of humankind? And that when your allies get attacked and you do nothing – you are not really allies? And that if an enemy that gets stronger by the minute say “I will kill you” every day, maybe one day THEY WILL do it?
People are really that ignorant and don’t study history??
@asafrokni3339
April 27, 2026 at 7:01 am
The iranians say they are targeting military targets, yet somehow they hit almost exclusively civilians in Israel… not to mention Hezbollah which aim EXECLUSIVELY on civilians… How do people still believe them? Ahh wait I forgot… when it’s against Israel and Jews it’s ok to lie and people will just believe it… I forgot completely we’re still in the 40s of the 20th century… or the spanish inquisition… or any of the freaking previous times that it has been done to Jews… don’t change world, you’re doing great… (that’s sarcasm for those of you who are dumb)
@muhammadaiman9338
April 27, 2026 at 7:16 am
It seems that evey action that Iranian has taken, they have somehow accaeptable reasons why they did it..while when people asking about the US actions..it seems..confusing, all evolving around Trump
@kimberlymcmullan9391
April 27, 2026 at 7:43 am
Q. Please answer ! What would happen if Iran nukes Israel? Israel has auto response set up in 15 minutes …. This seems like the central question everybody is missing
@amin-am-21
April 27, 2026 at 8:46 am
Unfortunately, time and time the Prof says “Iranians” want this and that while what he means is the “Islamic Republic” regime. First thing you need to know about Iranians is that most of us want the exact opposite of what the regime is after. You can keep that in mind as a general rule I’d say. The regime has murdered, tortured and imprisoned thousand of Iranians for years. We are its hostages.
It is not correct to say Iranians hold grudges against US and Israel because of a coup tens of years ago. These equations just appear in academia. In real life, we want to be a normal country, unlike what the regime has pushed for since 1979. It seems too much geopolitics make people forget to ask how actually the Iranians think and feel about all of this. Ask Iranians!
@desruc21
April 27, 2026 at 10:47 am
There is no legitimate criticism of the JCPOA. The criticism that missiles were not included in the agreement is a stupid argument put forward by people who just want to go to war with Iran
@branchingoutnurseries4403
April 27, 2026 at 10:51 am
rather biased presenter. 1 Trump did not declare victory, he said we devastated their military and capacity to use it against us. A victory in Iran means it no longer has any uranium or uranium enrichment, and it no longer chants death to America while exporting funds and munitions for terror attacks. What a crap answer given by this presenter.
@AlanSideiron
April 27, 2026 at 11:05 am
Also – In 1988 the US Navy shot down an Iranian Airbus commercial airliner killing 290 people.
Oops. Sorry it was an accident. Maybe.
@Persianlion-d7i
April 27, 2026 at 11:27 am
Quite refreshing to hear someone spewing facts, instead of the usual buzzwords we hear a lot
@Kitty8791
April 27, 2026 at 12:01 pm
Why would you pick someone who is of Egyptian descent, partly raised in Saudi Arabia, & not an Iranian-American to explain/answer these questions? 🤨 So what he’s a Harvard Professor; they have other ones, like Dr. Payam Mohseni, a lecturer & former Iran Project Director at the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, part of the Kennedy School of Public Policy. Even Roya Talibova, a Postdoctoral Fellow at HKS is Persian. Yet, you specifically selected an Arab to speak on Iran; Wired, you need to review your history & own up to your biases.
@KreshnaTransportation
April 27, 2026 at 12:29 pm
For those who’ve not familiar with politics, this video summarizes it all. Thank you
@Tifgol12
April 27, 2026 at 12:44 pm
7:12 In Iran, there are pro-regime people and those who are against the regime. There is no real rallying around the flag because of attacks by Israel or the United States. Those who support the regime have always rallied around it, and those who oppose it will not rally around the IR flag. These attacks do not change anyone’s side.
@miriamm5260
April 27, 2026 at 5:06 pm
He isn’t biased. He just wants to come across that way.
He acts as though Iran only hates the US because it feels like it. But there are many reasons behind the Iranians’ anger. And they are not without justification.
More people die as a result of economic sanctions than in war.
Economic sanctions have been in place since 1980. Without clear rules. And this is also a subject of debate among academics.
During the Iran-Iraq War, the US – without being a party to the conflict – simply bombed the Iranian oil fields and sank the Iranian navy.
Then there was the Iran Air flight that the US shot down over Iranian territorial waters. 290 civilians dead.
@mitchellharding2423
April 27, 2026 at 8:38 pm
…are those grasshoppers on his tie?
@ReverbAndBeer
April 28, 2026 at 8:24 pm
Yes. He says so at the beginning of the video.
@SomeIndieFan
April 27, 2026 at 10:01 pm
I disagree a bit on the criticisms of the JCPOA. While I get that it was set to sunset, and that it was limited, I feel that more or less lets perfection be the enemy of better.
To give a comparison, ceasefires aren’t bad because they don’t end wars, they’re oftentimes necessary first steps to complete peace agreements and maybe even mutual understanding.
@mia-gu3ii
April 28, 2026 at 1:46 am
Please don’t say “Iran” when referring to the actions of the “Islamic republic”.
The Islamic republic is also fighting against Iran.
@brownmold
April 28, 2026 at 2:17 am
Obfuscation by omitting information while trying to appear unbiased is ultimately deceitful.
History, culture, and much more hand-waved.
@kabdul9208
April 28, 2026 at 4:25 am
The black Turban represents mourning not Hussain ibn Ali martyrdom in battle of Karbala not that it means they are Arab. That’s a totally fabricated statement on purpose. First Supreme leader was of South Asian descent, second of Turkic Azeri descent & his son Persian & Azeri the current supreme leader. Stop lying.
@Turin90Turambar
April 28, 2026 at 5:07 am
Always appreciate professor Masoud, but I feel his answers become weaker when looking forward instead of analyzing the past.
In particular the comments about iran making enemies with the neighbouring countries seems a very biased view of the analysis. What that is actually doing is not getting UAE and co to cheer on america, but actually getting them to beg America to stop this war so that they don’t stay caught in the crossfires. And it’s clearly working
@EsawTW
April 28, 2026 at 5:54 am
04:29 And so we know what or who drove Iran to enrich Uranium again 😑
10:12 The winning barometer sets straight. Let’s try to trust an expert instead a clueless old geezer who can only parrot the word “Winning” every other day 🙄
@benarthurhuzz4664
April 28, 2026 at 7:38 am
US has already lost its strategic objective that they have even before the war now everything will be gone 😂
@atlasytb
April 28, 2026 at 8:57 am
You should really dive deeper on Mossadegh in these videos. It’s such an important part of Iran’s history and why it turned into the Islamic Republic.
@dirtbikeryzz
April 28, 2026 at 9:49 am
Ah yes the old usa, masters of winning every engagement and still losing
@maryamyousefzadeh5110
April 28, 2026 at 2:35 pm
Beautifully said professor. Slight correction; Persian Gulf. Just plain and simple “Persian Gulf”.
@orpheusx
April 28, 2026 at 5:41 pm
This is pathetic. You spent 5 seconds “explaining” why Iran “holds a grudge.” People in the U.S. and Britain watching this should recognize what our nations culpability is and you’ve done almost nothing to educate them about it.
@ReverbAndBeer
April 28, 2026 at 8:04 pm
Iran HAS a delivery system: A bunch of them go through the Strait of Hormusz every day.
@TheSoccerboi345
April 28, 2026 at 9:46 pm
Now do one with an American professor and see how their views may change
@damon_aaron
April 29, 2026 at 12:08 am
He IS an American professor. He is a US citizen, native born, who teaches at an Ivy League school. The way he pronounced Islam doesn’t get any more American.
@jdejerigonza6876
April 29, 2026 at 1:47 am
I cant believe a “Harvard profesor” doesnt even know how to pronounce Kharg
@hamzaasfour204
April 29, 2026 at 6:35 am
Why does Iran hate America? You didn’t even mention the US shooting down their commercial plane killing 250 people, similar to what they did in Minab school 19:18
@CAP198462
April 29, 2026 at 7:14 am
2:18 not necessarily, that much HEU could be used to make a potent radiological device. A radiological device is a normal 💣 but it’s surrounded by radioactive material. When it goes boom it spreads radioactive dust. You don’t need HEU to make one but why not use it if you’ve got it.
@RmaN.YouTube
April 29, 2026 at 8:09 am
This man is really literate. he should start working in a university of some sort. maybe someday he has a chance of becoming a professor.
@RmaN.YouTube
April 29, 2026 at 8:15 am
I wish Iranians had internet access and could see this amazing video (most of them have been deprived of internet for 2 months 😭😪😣)
@mattgioglio8857
April 29, 2026 at 10:55 am
I saw a clip recently of trump talking about Iran in the ’80s. Israel has been in his ear this entire time.
@treefrog123a
April 29, 2026 at 12:46 pm
**Proposal: A Long-Term Resolution to the Iran-Israel Conflict*
**Core Idea:** Physically separate the Iranian population by creating a new sovereign homeland for those who want peace, while isolating the current regime.
**Steps:**
– Launch a coordinated PSYOP campaign to promote the vision of “New Persia” — a utopian desert homeland with discovered underground water resources.
– Negotiate purchase or treaty for uninhabited or underutilized desert territory with an aquifer.
– Reform education and media inside Iran to gradually shift public opinion toward relocation.
– Facilitate voluntary mass migration of moderate Iranians to the new territory.
– Once the regime is isolated with minimal population, neutralize remaining hardliners.
– Israel funds reconstruction and development of the new homeland as part of the peace settlement.
– The abandoned Iranian territory becomes a demilitarized, potentially commercial zone.
This creates an organic separation of factions, prevents endless war cycles, and gives peaceful Iranians a fresh start. Bold, expensive, but potentially decisive.
Seperate them like irate toddlers😮
@shfen2505
April 29, 2026 at 1:43 pm
Western mouthpiece
@uzzybuzzy-t5h
April 29, 2026 at 2:13 pm
american proporganda, doesnt even dare mention the gazan genocide
Which was te first domino to fall before the israeli-us war on iran
@nuts_ucker
April 29, 2026 at 2:53 pm
iran hates israel because since day one and especially up to the modern day it is very hard not to
@n_a1262
April 29, 2026 at 3:40 pm
Such biased answers. He completely glossed over US and Insraeli involvement and war crimes.
@axcelctw9105
April 29, 2026 at 4:01 pm
It falls on the ppl who oppose the jcpoa to figure out a better way before canning it.
@Chri3tian
April 29, 2026 at 9:11 pm
If you cannot see Iran is a victim of oppression and unfairness your geopolitical lenses are very foggy. They have good hearts the strength and determination to fight for their beliefs.