Professor Tarek Masoud joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the Government of Iran. Is it wrong to call Iran a dictatorship? What is actually the best future for Iran? What’s one thing about the current Iran war that people are misunderstanding? Answers to these questions and many more await on Iran Politics Support.
#Iran #IranWar #Trump
00:00 – Iran Politics Support
00:15 – Is it wrong to call Iran a dictatorship?
02:29 – Explain like I’m five: what are Iran’s revolutionary guards?
04:49 – How was Khamenei chosen as supreme leader when he wasn’t an Ayatollah?
06:10 – Iran has major protests every few years, yet nothing happens—why?
07:54 – What’s one thing about the current Iran war that people are misunderstanding?
10:25 – What do you think is actually the best future for Iran?
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April 22, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Join Tarek on part one, as he answers questions about the Iran War:
@nituru
April 22, 2026 at 2:25 pm
In Western countries, they’re being arrested just to stop genocide. Is that democracy? Is that freedom of expression? The democracy the USA brought to countries forced upon them has sacrificed many innocent people. They turned their backs on ICE agents and were shot on the spot, losing their lives. Is that democracy? Western media, many affiliated with the Epstein regime’s elite, often conceals the truth and cannot be trusted. Is that democracy? Let’s first look at the Western world itself, where there are more double standards and lies. 168 children were killed at school on the first day of the Zionist attack, and have the US, the Western countries that claim to be democratic and have the best civil society in the world, condemned this heinous act?
@randell9667
April 23, 2026 at 1:18 am
@nituru They delete comments here. Your comment probably won’t last.
@WIRED
April 22, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Join Tarek on part three, as he responds to questions about the Iranian history:
@zezebezee
April 24, 2026 at 3:52 pm
@randell9667oooh no wonder its all comments praising him. I kept wondering how that can be when he’s clearly spewing propaganda
@randell9667
April 24, 2026 at 6:50 pm
@zezebezee I wrote like 2-3 replies with timestamps for them correcting him with less obfuscating facts on what should be non-biased replies, they were all deleted. So I condensed them all into one a day later, that one is still up though. So fingers crossed.
@sven_86
April 27, 2026 at 5:27 pm
thank you so much for having him on…. excellent professional stuff all around.
@PiotrDzialak
April 22, 2026 at 6:38 pm
Killing the most important living person in Shia Islam is “uncharted territory”, but maybe good for “American secuity”? What kind of “expert” is this idiot?
@hntyamba
April 22, 2026 at 6:41 pm
The USA, multi-party democracy?
@GeekonaBike
April 22, 2026 at 6:44 pm
I can’t help but think in someone would inform DJT & Steven Miller the Iranians/Persians are Aryans, that a whole lot of problems would fall to the wayside.
@Hellojro
April 22, 2026 at 6:45 pm
This is incredibly helpful like the Iran info the professor shared last week (or more? Time is a flat circle). Thank you Professor!
@Vortexcube
April 22, 2026 at 6:46 pm
Missed opportunity to say Tehran Support at the beginning of
@emanuelnk8725
April 22, 2026 at 6:47 pm
I love how people in the comments that cannot withstand being wrong immediately using the ‘biased’ card. With 0 support to that claim expect for the fact that he didn’t say what they wanted him to say…
@st.jimmy0244
April 22, 2026 at 6:49 pm
Wired should put this man on retainer for the next few months at least. It’s almost impossible to find intelligent, rational analysis of this war without it being utterly soaked in the speaker’s own personal politics. It’s extremely refreshing to hear actual facts instead of slogans and chants.
@ZenLazza
April 22, 2026 at 6:56 pm
Love this format. Love these experts. Kudos Wired!
@myriammoquin2684
April 22, 2026 at 6:59 pm
Thanks for having him back again! Loved this guest expert
@TheSkinnyZ
April 22, 2026 at 7:00 pm
A smartypants that also has a sense of humor! We love to see it!
@ehlava7331
April 22, 2026 at 7:05 pm
4:10 To clarify, the reason is that people are on the payroll and dont want to lose that income. The same strategy is being used here in the US with the explosion in the size of city, state, and federal government.
@JamesHunterRoss
April 22, 2026 at 7:10 pm
Professor Masoud is so great to listen to. I’ve learned more in 15 minutes about Iran and it’s government than ever. And, his Rumi reference and his statement of hope at the end is so perfect.
@doomon
April 22, 2026 at 7:12 pm
I am very moved by your closing statement and the quote, thank you professor.😢
@aminmohseni5082
April 22, 2026 at 7:20 pm
As an Iranian, I can confirm this information is true.
@doomon
April 22, 2026 at 7:23 pm
I wish more people listen to this man and learn about the reality of the situation in Iran. Stop taking sides and face the facts please.
@veromarlon
April 22, 2026 at 7:45 pm
Thank u!!!
@doctor_who1
April 22, 2026 at 7:46 pm
If Iran is a dictatorship then the USA federal govt is Fascist. I’m surprised ICE hasn’t yet deported this guy!
@alizamani1196
April 22, 2026 at 8:20 pm
As an Iranian, I agree that everything this Mr Professor said is correct.
@Paulypies
April 22, 2026 at 8:21 pm
Fantastic video. Dumb observation, Tarek’s tie has the power to evade camera focus. Once you see it. It’s hard to unsee.
@ilhamrj2599
April 22, 2026 at 8:29 pm
01:48 , “We killed?”.
Bold of you to referring us as a whole who actually disapprove of killing foreign leaders.
Some lunatic nutheads in Tel Aviv anr DC are not to represent “what the world wants”.
Otherwise people are going to say “we killed those Iranian schoolgirls”.
While in fact we highly disapprove that
@alastairtivy-harris8129
April 22, 2026 at 8:46 pm
Please keep bringing this amazing man back to Wired!
@zoller3822
April 22, 2026 at 8:53 pm
shoutout to MeganHasHemmorhoides
@Abdelnasser-s1x
April 22, 2026 at 9:13 pm
Sellout Dog
@msyaidazzam7321
April 22, 2026 at 9:26 pm
We word including Israel
@fhggnt
April 23, 2026 at 1:59 pm
Just another puppet peddling propaganda! Very predictable rhetoric. Anyone who wants to come out of the echo chamber should listen to Prof. Marandi!
@AmirmehdiMoniri
April 23, 2026 at 2:46 pm
He did not mention one important point. Yes, there are elections in Iran, but they are strictly supervised by the Guardian Council, which has 12 members. Half of them are appointed by the Supreme Leader, and the other half are appointed by the judiciary (whose head is also appointed by the Supreme Leader). To put it simply, they decide who is eligible to run as a candidate in presidential and parliamentary elections. Let’s not forget that, because of this system, elections have become effectively rigged—as seen during the 2009 Green Movement—and somewhat meaningless, since they do not influence the core policies of the Islamic Republic. These policies are ultimately determined by the Supreme Leader’s office and the IRGC.
@hamodalbatal464
April 23, 2026 at 3:51 pm
It’s not only a dictatorship but a full fledged Islamic fascism.
@JJMcCullough
April 23, 2026 at 3:52 pm
A lot of what I hear about Iran reminds me of what we heard about Iraq prior to the 2003 war. You know, that all the people want is democracy, and that they are very pro-American and western and secular and all this. I’m not saying that’s not true, but all countries have conservatives too, and Iraq had a much larger religious conservative faction than I think was previously realized. I think even a fully democratic Iran would still have a powerful right-wing religious faction, and they would presumably get elected now and then.
@andrewlim9345
April 23, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Thanks, will watch more of Tarek Masoud’s videos about Iran. Helps provide context to what’s going on.
@sepermette
April 23, 2026 at 4:05 pm
iranian here. just wanted to thank you for such an unbiased analysis. no matter if you’re right wing or left wing. never let your ideologies and you political views whitewash a genocidal terror regime like islamic republic.
@Nnn_Lofi
April 23, 2026 at 7:18 pm
But what’s sad is the US bombing school and civilian infrastructure.
@Hirnlego999
April 23, 2026 at 9:10 pm
Trump wouldn’t care if the victims were millions as long as he gets the oil
And this is why he won’t let the people decide either
@thedailywin537
April 23, 2026 at 4:08 pm
I could listen to this fellow all day. The way he ended the video, with regard to the admirable history of the Persian people, echoes my own hope for what we might look forward to, for both of our countries, at some point in the future.
@sepehra3980
April 23, 2026 at 4:31 pm
I feel like the professor is biased in his education. He is not mentioning that US sanctions destroyed Iranian economy leading to protests. Please question everything people!
@shayanvaziri5249
April 23, 2026 at 4:32 pm
The best and the most unbiased video on Iran by far. Thank you for your beautiful words in the end❤
@persianmemologist8537
April 23, 2026 at 4:55 pm
As an Iranian who lives in iran, internet access is super limited and difficult, but here i am, watching someone that knows whats going on in middle east. May the people of my homeland achieve freedom and remove suppression, love y’all ❤☮️🌍
@balso_snell
April 23, 2026 at 5:09 pm
As an occasional hemorrhoid sufferer, I can tell Megan that for me, a high-fiber diet has made all the difference in the world. Honestly, a single bowl of oatmeal each day will compel you to change your handle to “MyBumIsHemorrhoidFree”!
@abdulkareemzaki4174
April 23, 2026 at 5:09 pm
what a fool man!
@Lightfyre
April 23, 2026 at 5:54 pm
Ayatollah is watching
@philphil6080
April 23, 2026 at 5:55 pm
its important to note that the irgc is the islamic revolutionary guard corps. The “i” in irgc does not stand for Iran. Even Tarek (in an overall excellent video) gets it a bit muddled at one point when he says the irgc is there to defend the Iranian regime. Nope. They are there to defend the islamic revolution. The terms seem like they ought be interchangeable, but that’d be mistake. The islamic revolution doesn’t much care about Iran — they aren’t big on the concept of nation states. They see themselves as the ones in charge of this worldwide revolution. The nation of Iran is largely unimportant to the islamic regime beyond how the revolution can exploit it.
@samanniazi8398
April 23, 2026 at 5:59 pm
OH MY GOD thankkk youuuuuu you are a hero people might at least listen to you …
@humanbeing8176
April 23, 2026 at 6:11 pm
One of those mercenary and so-called professors who know nothing about Iran but pretend to know everything.
So boring and superficial.
@humanbeing8176
April 23, 2026 at 6:12 pm
A mixture of lies and facts to feed the people what Epstein Coalition wants.
@erfantalab
April 23, 2026 at 6:39 pm
As an Iranian, he was correct on all of the facts. Thank you Wired!
@Promethean1999
April 23, 2026 at 6:56 pm
Normal countries get their celebrities to come on Wired and answer hot questions… we get a Harvard academic come on to explain why Iran is in a mess that it is. What a disgrace the Islamic republic has turned our country into! Hopefully in a few years there’ll be a quick turn around, after our revolution has won and gained victory. Time is the greatests healer, and it even washes over religious dictatorships.
@majipon7747
April 23, 2026 at 6:56 pm
is Iran a dictatorship?
– Yes.
@JonesyBee
April 23, 2026 at 7:23 pm
Islam isn’t an ancient religion
(7th Century).
Nor is Christianity
(1st/2nd Century).
Keep that in mind at all times.
@muzlp
April 23, 2026 at 8:21 pm
Does Iran has nuclear weapon or capable of building one in near future? Is the attack because of this nuclear weapon justified?
@aql78614
April 23, 2026 at 8:25 pm
Garbage Zionist propaganda. Sad state for Harvard.
@Ratigan2
April 23, 2026 at 9:22 pm
2:36 thats the first time ive heard an expert comment on a username lol
@learning-from-bs
April 24, 2026 at 1:47 pm
The objective of the IRGC is one thing:
To convert the White House into a Mosque 🕌
They will NEVER give up!
They’re exporting their “Sharia Law” and vicious ideology to the west!
The nuclear war is disguise: real war is on the Stone Age ideology
@jemimamolinaolmo8229
April 24, 2026 at 2:26 pm
I love this guy!! He should have a YouTube channel.
@yasamannaderishahi5688
April 24, 2026 at 2:28 pm
As an Iranian I’m really surprised by this video. So much of the content about Iran is filtered, misinformed or shaped by propaganda. But everything you said was on point. As someone who’s aware of the deeper reality, this honestly gave me more hope ✨
Freedom for my people and every community living under oppression and brutality
@alikh8775
April 24, 2026 at 2:33 pm
Nope, no elective parts in the Iranian system, only parts that seem to be election based, the body that is responsible to review and approve the nominations of the elected bodies are 12 men 6 of which are directly selected by the supreme leader, the other 6 is selected by the head of judiciary which himself is appointed by the supreme leader, so the body overseeing the nomination approvals is controlled always by the supreme leader which in turn means he only allows his supporters to nominate, therefore people have to vote between nominees who have already been handpicked by the dictator himself. So no real elections.
That’s a big difference.
The system is designed to fool outsiders and pose as a democracy.
@sagor_sa
April 24, 2026 at 2:40 pm
So Mr. Teacher, the best possible future for the Iran is democracy which is backed by USA? Then what about 1953, monarchy backed by USA. The hypocrisy will be ashamed of this so called democracy.
@HoomanM
April 24, 2026 at 3:28 pm
All Elections in Iran are fake and meaningless. whoever tells you otherwise is an idiot or has an agenda. Signed – Iranian
@zezebezee
April 24, 2026 at 3:50 pm
Geewiz, this is propaganda on crack
@SayanHaqueOfficial
April 24, 2026 at 4:07 pm
❤❤❤❤❤❤
@SwervinErvin10
April 24, 2026 at 4:11 pm
Pro war propagandist.
@69DanytheMan69
April 24, 2026 at 4:20 pm
2 things
1: you didn’t talk about the recent protest that the regime killed more than 40,000 people on the street
2: you didn’t mention pahlavi at all .
@axm-004
April 24, 2026 at 5:40 pm
8:04 Speaking about AI and the information war was very important. I saw a video of an airport being attacked, and a lot of the baby strollers and suitcases were self-propelled for some reason. I had friends share AI propaganda and misinformation on social media. Also, don’t forget that downed F-35 the size of an A380.
The information war always existed, but was a skillful art before social media and AI blew up. Now, it’s mostly poorly educated people creating/sharing deranged propaganda. Again, goes to say, something this powerful shouldn’t be accessible to anyone.
@alexbrown9351
April 24, 2026 at 5:54 pm
@4:30 John Quincy Adams lost reelection to the presidency in 1828. Hopefully he performs better in 2028. If re-elected he will be the third US President to serve non-consecutive terms, and the oldest serving president in US history.
@California-x1s
April 24, 2026 at 6:11 pm
Read about Muslim Brotherhood . Islamic Republic is based on that ideology. Everyone, including the president is selected by one man. Elections are joke
@California-x1s
April 24, 2026 at 6:12 pm
Iran… 2 nations living in 1 country. They don’t think alike, don’t talk alike, and don’t dress alike. The real question is percentages. What percent of people currently in Iran, do you think no longer want the criminal regime of thief-ayatollahs?
What percentage does? All Islamic supporters are on the streets in Iran along with their Muslim brotherhood supporters. Please count them. At the same time 1.5 million Iranians outside Iran borders protested againt mass murder of 45,000 precious Iranians mass murderer by corrupt IRGC mafia in 2 days last January.
@ParisaMirzae1
April 24, 2026 at 6:12 pm
Could you please make a video about January protest and massacre in Iran as well?
@California-x1s
April 24, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Your tech support info is old. Today, ayatollah means a thief, a liar and a tyrant. IRGC animals who beat, torture and our people are the most HATED in Iran. They mass murdered upwards of 45,000 precious Iranians in 2 days in January. Don’t try to whitewash them
@Afroozdj
April 24, 2026 at 7:08 pm
Exactly. Not sure why they dont bring an actual iranian to talk about our country
@Afroozdj
April 24, 2026 at 7:07 pm
Please bring an Iranian professor to talk about Iran issues. There is no shortage of them
@michaelg8947
April 24, 2026 at 7:30 pm
The focus on destroying the conventional armed forces of Iran, rather than destroying the IRGC and affiliated entities, diminishes the opportunities for internally initiated regime change (i.e. civil war). This underlines the lack of perception and foresight in certain governments.
@pedramtavadze5467
April 24, 2026 at 7:31 pm
You did not mention a very important part of that makes turns the facade of democracy into a full on dictatorship and that’s the “Guardian” Council. The members of this council are directly selected by the “leader”. They control which candidate can run for any office and they disqualify candidates if they’re not considered a good puppet. Moreover, any bill that is passed by the parliament has to be reviewed by this council for it to become law. So it is a closed system controlled by the leader. The leader selects the council, the council selects the candidates who run for presidency, the parliament, and most importantly the “Assembly of Experts of Leadership” who select the leader.
@malus1426
April 24, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Protest in The US always happen and nothing changes
@malus1426
April 24, 2026 at 7:58 pm
01:47 who this “we” I did not support this
@malus1426
April 24, 2026 at 7:59 pm
10:21 that just proves the real enemy of the world is The United States. China and Russia imo would be justified in a preemptive strike against The US
@taren1d
April 24, 2026 at 9:20 pm
that answer at the end made me cry
@Mabonv
April 24, 2026 at 9:24 pm
I live in iran and i hope that many americans see this video. مرگ بر جمهوری اسلامی
@michellekostyk2803
April 25, 2026 at 2:02 pm
I really appreciate this channel for giving the public access to professionals and experts in such a polarizing society where misinformation is so easy to come by. It’s a real privilege to have people like Dr. Masoud come and explain complex topics that are important in a time like now
@0foxgiven
April 25, 2026 at 2:04 pm
Couldn’t find an Iranian professor to do this episode?
@FA1230AF
April 25, 2026 at 2:33 pm
Am Yisrael Chai!
@Sherluck93
April 25, 2026 at 2:54 pm
5:27 Sounds like a unifier or mediator to me, not leading with just his own view of religion, although knowledgeable, but a political choice. Makes sense. It does not make so much sense to get rid of him.
@mcswizzle74
April 25, 2026 at 3:11 pm
God bless Iran. I will never forget how your people showed us love after 9/11. I am sorry our leaders have made us into enemies. You have a beautiful history and culture, and you have been making great contributions to the world for millennia. I hope and pray we can find peace together someday. Please know that there are Americans who have great respect for your people and want to see you free–truly free, not as a pawn for anyone, but as a dignified and sovereign people among the nations. Many of us have been brainwashed by our government and media into thinking that all Iranians are extremists and terrorists. But we do not all believe it.
@barnscourt9721
April 25, 2026 at 3:35 pm
Israeli Puppet
@Hdud7sh
April 25, 2026 at 3:57 pm
i like this video, just wanna add couple of things
1-khamenaei before his death said multiple times that he doesnt wanna his son to become the next supreme leader to not be thought as heridatary dictatorship (altho it happened due to political reasons)
2-altho people will always protest, in this war alot of the old protestors are standing with the gov, not because they like it, but because their children got killed and theyre trying to destroy their country which they are OBSESSED & PROUD with their history and cultrue(and they should)
@Shoomlax
April 25, 2026 at 4:06 pm
As someone who’s been living in Iran for all of their life, I agree with every single thing this guy said.
Great video. More of this, please!
@MarkerMummified
April 25, 2026 at 4:17 pm
12:45 Knew this guy was a fraud and a propagandist! He is citing the FALSIFIED Coleman Barks poem which RUMI NEVER WROTE.
@sabajalali4603
April 25, 2026 at 4:36 pm
Thank you for your honest reporting. Bless you.
@SeenaAbedi
April 25, 2026 at 5:08 pm
You don’t understand the politics of Iran or the voting system in Iran.
Why did you guys bring an Arab to speak about the Iranian regime and how it works?
You should have brought an Iranian.
@lZGamerzI
April 25, 2026 at 5:14 pm
expected this to be another full of s**t propaganda video but it was actually presented very well. this guy really knows what he says
@davidtull2388
April 25, 2026 at 5:36 pm
Trump cares even less about democracy in Iran than he does about democracy in America. Sorry Israel has dragged the big guns into Iran.
@RTL2L
April 25, 2026 at 5:46 pm
A lot of bots pretending to be Iranians in the comments.
@dawynn9362
April 25, 2026 at 6:14 pm
How many of the comments are by bot?
@aka.Mokasa
April 25, 2026 at 6:21 pm
As an iranian, I can’t thank you enough for actually representing truth. It’s so rare to see these days.
@alirahbar8843
April 25, 2026 at 6:36 pm
As an Iranian, I loved this video! great job conveying true facts and info among this sea of misinformation.
@ali_kazmi
April 25, 2026 at 6:47 pm
12:37 credibility 📉
@johnkanagaraj6988
April 25, 2026 at 7:57 pm
Unfortunately, this is what happens when Religion and Politics are allowed to mix…. The power hungry use religion to control the rest of us, and we allow these nut cases to control us, not just in Iran but in many other places in the world. Shaking off the IRGC -and- the religion based leadership at the top will require a lot of effort and sacrifice. Let’s keep in mind that this current crop of nutcases came to the top because another nutcase hijacked religion to get to the top, and I am not forgetting the Shah and the U.S.’ role in this boondoggle. Sad situation!
@LittleKidscontent-o2z
April 25, 2026 at 8:08 pm
This guy is full of crap. Iran is not a dictatorship. They have an elected president and legislature. The supreme leader is also elected.
@LittleKidscontent-o2z
April 25, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Anyone that calls other country’s governments “regime” is all about western propaganda. How about here in America? Every administration is controlled by others. 80% want a public option and we get NOTHING. That’s a democracy?
@LittleKidscontent-o2z
April 25, 2026 at 8:18 pm
“Crossed into uncharted territory” meaning we broke the law by killing heads of states in another country. Propagandist clown.
@wyskass861
April 25, 2026 at 8:29 pm
Just like with China, Americans have ZERO knowledge of Iranian culture and society, other than what is being told through propaganda to promote a narrative. Few Americans know the difference between Arabs, Persian, Afghans.. let alone more details about cultures. There is ZERO reporting to inform Americans on ANYTHING outside of the US.. so it’s easy to convince citizens of need to kill others.
@wyskass861
April 25, 2026 at 8:33 pm
Another interesting thing, is that Iran is a Presidential Republic, much like the US, South America, Syria, Belarus, and much of Africa. And most have gone dictatorial at some point because it gives too much power to president. Healthy democracies are Parliamentary where NO SINGLE person is able to make decisions without structural consultation. Presidential systems are the oldest and most outdated democracies still existing, and have a bad record of success.
@Tophergr8
April 26, 2026 at 12:07 pm
More propaganda.
@aresjerry
April 26, 2026 at 12:11 pm
A professor… what would someone who talks about fake stuff all day know about reality?
@michaelcriger6359
April 26, 2026 at 12:44 pm
if the field is “beyond good and evil,” how can “only good things” happen there? Wouldn’t they by definition only be neutral things? I completely do not get this.
@amasud24
April 26, 2026 at 12:58 pm
This is just straight-up American propaganda, as soon as he said “we” regarding the United States his words lost all value.
@cynderfayne
April 26, 2026 at 1:31 pm
Try to threaten, impoverish, and crush a society and hardliners will always be in control. Allow a country to flourish on it’s own, the moderates always win out. The more the US and the west try to crush Iran, the stronger they make the IRGC. Leave Iran be, let them show their brilliance on their own cultural terms, let them find their own way. F*ck US empire
@marchuitt
April 26, 2026 at 3:51 pm
Ya, no. That’s just a fantasy that almost never happens (else, for example, China would be “free” today and not be an invasive surveillance state controlled by a much more powerful enriched CCP).
F*ck the Iranian “empire” (via their proxies that have sown blood and death across the Middle East).
@RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS77
April 26, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Maybe we can do this series again except with someone who actually speaks their language
@dmitriydmitriy7270
April 26, 2026 at 2:12 pm
Crash course.
@jenniferkomo9420
April 26, 2026 at 2:18 pm
I wouldn’t say the information/propaganda war is equal, Iran is truly winning with their lego tiktoks mocking Trump.
@ArashG
April 26, 2026 at 2:40 pm
As an Iranian, THANK YOU!!! FINALLY SOME ACCURATE INFORMATION 😭👏
@abdu_ma
April 26, 2026 at 2:52 pm
What’s Regime?
Why you call Iranian government Regime
@Simirak
April 26, 2026 at 3:18 pm
fair and well explained 👍🙏
@kage_code
April 26, 2026 at 3:34 pm
7:13 more like it’s get quashed by outside interference
@kage_code
April 26, 2026 at 3:34 pm
7:51 if it doesn’t go start it yourself 🙄😮💨
@maebbcow
April 26, 2026 at 3:48 pm
Why do you have the terrorist flag on your desk?
@marchuitt
April 26, 2026 at 3:50 pm
A question I would have liked to see is how the Iran war has changed the dynamic in the Middle East between the Arab Sunni states and Shia Iran. As what has come out of officials for SA, the UAE, Kuwait, and so on indicates it won’t be the same state of relations as it was before the war (in that they’ll be an openly hostile bloc to Iran’s meddling instead of one seeking to placate them).
@muhammadhalimov422
April 26, 2026 at 3:58 pm
Taariq bas koon durughro!
@kiarashnox9861
April 26, 2026 at 4:18 pm
You forgot to mention that the supreme leader indirectly chooses the candidates for every election
To it is meaningless
@joancramer7484
April 26, 2026 at 4:38 pm
So interesting. Thank you!!
@DanielPersson-z4x
April 26, 2026 at 6:18 pm
So much to unpack here. I didn’t know Harvard University was involved in killing leaders of other countries—nor that it’s customary for a professor to side with a government as if it were a sports team.
@ashdav9980
April 26, 2026 at 7:17 pm
Colleges and their professors are propaganda sellers……always has been but they hid it better.
@AzizeLpidzza
April 26, 2026 at 6:21 pm
this is straith propaganda, you didn’t give infos , you gave your opinions.
@YounesWtc
April 26, 2026 at 6:31 pm
I’m sorry but I think that the speaker is pretty biased and may I say hypocritical concerning this topic.
Yes he is clearly well informed and has a nice degree to go with it. But he fails to insist on the origin of this hole current war. Which is the USA’s and Isreal’s current (but not new) politics : Expansionnisme and Imposing their vision of “democracy” to other countries.
Yes there are a lot of problems in Iran, and yes the people of Iran should not be repressed, but the US/Israel have no right to intervene in their internal politics
By doing so, they only worsen the problem anyways
We have to differentiate between global and internal affairs
And also, as a general rule, stop considering other countries/cultures as inferior/wrong because they don’t align with your vison of politics
@sinahafezi425
April 26, 2026 at 7:13 pm
Goyslop
@ignmorales
April 26, 2026 at 9:02 pm
The best outcome for Iran is avoiding another coup by another country.
@alnazari1829
April 26, 2026 at 9:11 pm
Iranian here. This guy knows his sh*t!
@footlongfabo
April 27, 2026 at 5:14 am
As soon as this guy said “regime” I tuned out
@Freethinkerfrompalau
April 27, 2026 at 9:32 am
Oof we don’t want the uneducated here
@parsataheri2223
April 27, 2026 at 7:23 am
5:36 That piece of information is absolutely wrong. they didn’t change the constitution because of Khamenei, they were already doing that when he got chosen. the professor must do some reading before he comes as an expert! he can read the proceedings of the constitutional commitee to change it, which has been published.
@Reinkarnati0n
April 27, 2026 at 7:45 am
“MeganHasHemmorrhoids asks” loooooool
@itsme-jv5xr
April 27, 2026 at 9:38 am
I hope one day the world finds out just how much ppl like you are lying about how Iran is “oppressing” us.
@zagrosqazy3798
April 27, 2026 at 9:40 am
It’s contradictory. Just like islam. 😂 don’t kill. Kill 😂
@stevieray8719
April 27, 2026 at 9:53 am
At the end of this war, people will still be protesting against the American government.
And the Canadian government. And the British government. And the French government. And the German government. And the Italian government. And the Russian government. And the Chinese government. And the Indian government. And the Filipino government.
Should I keep going? Tell me – what government has absolutely no human beings protesting against it? Do you think that if you are the most authoritarian vicious cruel terrible government in the planet that all humans will be afraid to protest against it? Is there such a thing as a most idyllic perfect government that all humans on the planet love with Open hearts and believe is the absolutely perfect government?
I think your question’s a little biased.
@stevieray8719
April 27, 2026 at 10:11 am
Iran had a democracy. America destroyed it.
What is best for Iran is for America to eff off
@incikjaykee1569
April 27, 2026 at 10:24 am
Boring, parroting western propagandas
@tariqahmadi1529
April 27, 2026 at 10:24 am
Right at the beginning when I saw the two flags, I knew it is going to be biased and unprofessional. First, you have to use the official and UN recognized flags. Second, the Supreme leader is elected by the assembly of experts that’s members are directly elected by the Iranian people. So he is as much of a dictator as the British prime minister and the German chancellor. You have to wake up, people don’t need your confirmation for their government system.
@sha12sha34
April 27, 2026 at 4:43 pm
I don’t see any other governments that k*ll their own people just for protesting 🤷♂️
@CloudNine929
April 27, 2026 at 11:09 am
Next, explained the demonic place called is ra el, can you do that??
@thisisamirv
April 27, 2026 at 11:26 am
Iranian here, all the answers were quite accurate 👌🏻
@brasilsoccer0
April 27, 2026 at 11:27 am
I am highly disappointed, but not surprised that they completely omitted the history of our CIA which orchestrated the coup that topple, elected Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh in 1953. Known as operation Ajax, the mission removed the democratically elected leader to intall the rule of Mohammad Reza which became a ruthless dictator. The hypocrisy of the Prof. here with all the respect is that he is talking about how democracy will be beneficial to the Iranian people and the world while completely ignoring that they had a viable democracy that we screwed😊
@sommmeguy
April 27, 2026 at 11:59 am
Imagine a public so desperate for facts that they have to resort to youtube to hear a published professor who (probably) teaches classes every year and perhaps participates o public panels or discussions. These people aren’t hiding or censored. They are public and transparent.
@ricardobelmontelopes
April 27, 2026 at 1:12 pm
The video was nice and informative, but at 10:36, saying that the US (which is not the whole America) have a multi-party democracy with two parties is really a bad joke lmao
@lostcasel
April 27, 2026 at 1:48 pm
Everybody getting elected is pre-selected/pre-approved candidates by the regime. There are no truly independent candidates. Also, the ‘civilian institutions’ are often headed by IRGC generals, case in point, the current Speaker of the parliament and head of judiciary are both ex-generals. A parliament and a Judiciary headed by Generals. Let that sink in. The whole religious-military-civilian institutions facade is just multiple faces of the same single incestuous organism headed by a dead in soul Ayotollah.
Iranian people are intelligent, talented, civilized and truly progressive people much in line with many european nations, they didn’t deserve this body cancer of regime hollowing a civilizational nation with their rotten, rabid theocracy.
The Iranians and the Iranian Nation deserves their true place in the comity of nation. God Bless.
@johnnys1875
April 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm
This guy is an incredible commie douche. He thinks all these Iranian people, including myself, support Pahlavi do so ironically? Say that to our faces and see how quick you will be spitting out teeth.
@kurteisner67
April 27, 2026 at 3:08 pm
??? confused Nick Young ???
He said nothing of the sorts? Also, how is he a “commie”?
@M.F-f16
April 27, 2026 at 4:27 pm
>Harvard
>Iran
>opinion rejected
@sven_86
April 27, 2026 at 5:26 pm
this dude is a literal 10/10 at the subject material. I have studied Iran deeply for many years, even decades now….and this guy summarizes it all so perfectly.
@freeboy_i123
April 27, 2026 at 6:33 pm
As an Iranian I think this video addresses most of the story fairly accurately. I would also add that the uprisings start with one major pressing issue like financial, but there is many other issue with it that causes the outburst… people don’t have proper jobs, income is low and expenses are high, people hardly have any freedom (the hijab os one of them that people can show but the regime involves in people’s most basic decisions such as selecting a name for their kids…)
Please do more of these with some more focus on human rights topic in Iran and how the IRGC and world powers making life difficult for people in the region. And sadly around the world.
@shafiqshafor-sj1th
April 27, 2026 at 6:55 pm
It’s funny how you stress that Iran IRGC is willing to go against their own citizens if they are protesting regime change,
Yet that’s also exactly what’s done in the west, look at France and Getmany, look at US where they end up killing protesters.
No country can let big protests go on, No single country
@itsWacced
April 27, 2026 at 7:12 pm
As An Iranian WHO LIVES IN IRAN this vid is entirely WRONG
@MossadAgency
April 27, 2026 at 7:15 pm
Despite my account name, wtf you on about?
@erikvincent5846
April 27, 2026 at 7:32 pm
Not sure about the Harvard part.
@Shia-pakistani
April 27, 2026 at 7:40 pm
How can protests in iran end? When trump & israel openly said that we provided weapons to the rioters
@kanyuphilmahar
April 28, 2026 at 3:05 am
How convient that he didn’t mention the fact that the CIA staged a coup against Iran in 1953 and installed a corrupt ruler, they’re not a perfect country, but they’re definitely better morally than the US and israel despite everything, how many bases does Iran have around the world? how many countries have they bombed in the last 5 decades? How many election interferences and coups have they partaken in? the US has no right to call them out on anything.
@AylarOnJourney
April 28, 2026 at 3:20 am
When we Iranians are supporting Reza Pahlavi, the son of latest Shah of Iran, others criticize us for wanting a monarchy. But no one talks about how Iran is now basically being governed like an authoritarian monarchy where the leader is basically a dictator king. Now that Khamenei is dead as well as many other leaders, it makes you understand that Iran has been governed by IRGC for as long as it was created. The IRGC was made to protect the regime against Iranians. It’s funny how it’s called revolutionary corp but it actually is there to suppress any protests and potential revolution. If the IRGC falls, the whole system crumbles into itself and people can be finally free. Any country including the US and Israel that targets and kills the IRGC members, is doing Iranians a big favor.
@markmonoton6224
April 28, 2026 at 4:05 am
Yeah like those school children. “People” like you should be drowned in blood
@BlueDino-w9d
April 28, 2026 at 3:23 am
7:45 When the war ends the protests will not. But the protests (excluding the diaspora) outside of Iran will end. No Jews, no News. And human rights don’t matter anymore.
@Tensorclock-z6k
April 28, 2026 at 3:25 am
2flag
cardboard projection
blue planet earth
“israeli” installation of islamic trace
follow-closure degenerator
gauge-field “they are just tests”
Saudi bladerunners
grasshopper
mobility-0wn
horse and buggy times, bugship, bugchip
zoarastrian priest legacy
fire-flea
pre-fitted replicant Ai-machines
@Tensorclock-z6k
April 28, 2026 at 3:33 am
unconscious-thought–body politik
brainlet bug drives
bulldog-patrol circuit capitalism
@AylarOnJourney
April 28, 2026 at 3:28 am
By the way there are no 2 flags for Iran, there is only one and that’s the lion and sun flag
@mandelkuchen2288
April 28, 2026 at 4:16 am
The only reason Iranians are educated is because of the regime. Do your research.
@jamesangus8504
April 28, 2026 at 4:39 am
The US and Israel did not murder just Ayatollah Khamenei, but also members of his family, including his 14 month old granddaughters. War criminals: Trump, Netanyahu, the IDF and Pentagon planners, as well as the universal soldiers who delivered the bombs and missiles. All should be prosecuted.
@MiladSoghrati
April 28, 2026 at 5:50 am
Thanks for the well explained information.
I’m wondering why when mentioning the protests in Iran you did not mention the most recent one, which wad aldo probably the most wide-spread and according to some accounts got over 40k people killed in less than two days?
@tinofet
April 28, 2026 at 7:04 am
Iran did try to assassinate Trump 2 (or 3?) times and Netanyahu once, so I wouldn’t say assassinating Khamenei was crossing some line..
@ZeeshaanKhan-p5d
April 28, 2026 at 7:07 am
Hit why America had every right to attack Iran even the hostage crisis happened 46 years ago.
@ZeeshaanKhan-p5d
April 28, 2026 at 7:33 am
Why do kill sport athletes & there own people
@andrewwatson5324
April 28, 2026 at 7:36 am
Not so long ago much of Europe used to be Theocratic and even less democratic than Iran is today. European countries grew out of this, not as a result of external pressure, but other factors. It seems to me that isolating Iran with sanctions and the like for decades along with persistent external threats has solidified the authoritarian core of the Iranian state, because more people are dependent upon that core. However removing sanctions provides alternative opportunities which would diminish the significance of the authoritarian core and enable political reform. Obviously agents of other countries running around assassinating people is going to prevent reform.
@ZeeshaanKhan-p5d
April 28, 2026 at 7:37 am
The left get brainwashed by Iran government
@ZeeshaanKhan-p5d
April 28, 2026 at 7:39 am
I think MEK should rule Iran
@AnthonyMurray-s7i
April 28, 2026 at 8:01 am
your words smell jewee. lots of misinformations… , in first question the iranian regime is a dictatorship. in another you explained how their leader was chosen… . and so on…
@nightdragon1710
April 28, 2026 at 8:02 am
😂😂 fckk shia Iran 👎👎👎👎👎👎
@chakadyazdani3229
April 28, 2026 at 8:12 am
Amazing job explaining the Islamic Regime’s structure. One important thing I would add tough, is that all the candidates for all offices, including the one that selects the supreme leader, get constitutionally hand picked by a committee half of whose members the supreme leader personally selects. This is the thing that makes Iran a complete non-democracy.
@村のアホ
April 28, 2026 at 8:18 am
liberate israel first
@GinormousDragon
April 28, 2026 at 8:39 am
Palestine*
@sinkingputts
April 28, 2026 at 9:42 am
Iran is just a monarchy now
@failiprince.
April 28, 2026 at 10:18 am
6:00 Many issues in this video unlike the previous one I watched. This is a big one. Ayatollah Ibrahim Raisi was thought to have succeeded Ayatollah Ali Khamenei until his likely assassination near the Azerbaijani-Iranian border. His son wasn’t initially thought by many inside to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei until the unfortunate death of Ibrahim Raisi.
He would have succeed him in a similar way to how Ayatollah Ali Khamenei succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
@imsepanta2586
April 28, 2026 at 12:05 pm
i live in iran im telling this to the people that have doubts about iran current goverment if i know one thing for sure is there is dictatorship in this goverment they kill innocent people they suppress protests and they killed many of them
@Warth_3
April 28, 2026 at 12:32 pm
2:09 😂😂😂😂 في احلامكم
@אלוןשיינפלד
April 28, 2026 at 12:43 pm
you seem to really like these dictatorship pigs
@wabu-kun
April 28, 2026 at 4:22 pm
me too , you got a probelm with that. jerk
@Cookiesandmilk570
April 28, 2026 at 1:09 pm
shouldnt like, yk, an iranian scholar be in this..?
@MjMans-k9r
April 28, 2026 at 2:25 pm
As a Persian guy who is in Iran right now
I can say that he is right and we are taken hostage
@wabu-kun
April 28, 2026 at 4:25 pm
pretty sure you and the rest of the bot commenting are not iranians, i mean you think these people wanna hepl iran they just ant oil and wanna build bases to put pressure on china . 100% sure they will kill more than the regime
@marklee1
April 28, 2026 at 3:23 pm
So Iran is a dictatorship, yet not one body makes all the final decisions and even eliminating the “top” leader means nothing because it’s a dictatorship. Without dictatorship traits. “Professor” kinda wants to say it’s dictatorship to say someone is a bad guy, but can’t at the same time.
@chris_d_r_u_m_s
April 29, 2026 at 2:49 am
That Rumi quote was a beautiful conclusion to this video. Thank you so much for all of the well delivered information.
@dawn-of-newday
April 29, 2026 at 3:48 am
He finally said that if iranian people werent squeezed by the west, they might attain glory. He took some time.
@RmaN.YouTube
April 29, 2026 at 6:39 am
Presidents in Iranian government are nothing more but puppets. they couldn’t actually set or change any rule or policy at all.
@RmaN.YouTube
April 29, 2026 at 6:44 am
I’m surprise how this man is so knowledgeable and intelectual about Iran !!!
@MightyGAN
April 29, 2026 at 6:47 am
This guy is a genocide apologist. That is all you need to know.
@RmaN.YouTube
April 29, 2026 at 6:53 am
finally a smart video with a smart man that hasn’t been fooled by Iran’s Regime’s fake AI Propaganda!
@moos5221
April 29, 2026 at 7:05 am
Casually omitting the fact that the USA and UK installed the dictator in Iran in a coup d’etat in 1953 because of oil.
@comkver
April 29, 2026 at 7:14 am
Rumi is said to be the one poet who has been translated the most.
@bergegang9429
April 29, 2026 at 11:37 am
He was born no where near in what we know has modern Iran lol stop stealing tajik history he was either born in balkh Afghanistan or southern Tajikistan near the border of Afghanistan
@comkver
April 29, 2026 at 11:41 am
I’m really sorry but they call him an Iranian poet hence why I posted that. @bergegang9429
@amiralikkhani1460
April 29, 2026 at 8:29 am
As an iranian none of these information is true. The protests only started after american sanctions did put our peaple under economic pressure. Our voting percentage was always higher than 80% before sanctions. The main villain here is the american government who started a war against iranian peaple and god things has gooten much worse since that…
@captainjacksparrow713
April 29, 2026 at 10:11 am
if iran is called a regime, i wonder what the terrorist americans and israelis are called
@samiplimbu175
April 30, 2026 at 1:30 am
Regime
@captainjacksparrow713
April 29, 2026 at 10:11 am
6:55 got proof or just repeating the empire propaganda?
@SayehShayestehAria
April 30, 2026 at 9:37 am
Oh look another bot
@bdr420i
April 29, 2026 at 10:21 am
It all would be different if the Israelis came on peace to the region 🤷🏼 just saying
@MSP-i7n
April 29, 2026 at 10:26 am
As an Iranian
I don’t want america export it’s “democracy” to my country. we can get our contry back. we don’t need an enemy attack us, threat to destory our water and electric infrustructure and take our resources and oil to give us someone that “might” give us a little democracy!
@ArtemisArsha
April 29, 2026 at 10:29 am
As an Iranian, I could not have explained Iran this well to an international audience. Thank you Professor!
@deleted8421
April 29, 2026 at 12:17 pm
10:35 nice joke…
@enlightenment_fa3248
April 29, 2026 at 6:14 pm
sure america is there here to spread democracy and not at all after iran’s oil
@doesthat381
April 29, 2026 at 6:56 pm
Fake professor
@dougpowers
April 29, 2026 at 10:45 pm
Oh, man. His plea for peace and freedom at the end of the video really resonates if you’ve put a little effort into learning Persian history. They really are an exceptional people.
@ilhm_official
April 30, 2026 at 1:45 am
Regime this regime that 🙄 dasar bule otak rendahan
@MainChief
April 30, 2026 at 5:15 am
This professor simply doesn’t know what is he talking about
@JalTavakoli-v6m
April 30, 2026 at 6:59 am
It seems you have no idea what’s the system like in Iran or you are shy to say.
There two system in Iran . one system which looks as if it’s democratic for it’s face value .
pretend as if there is an election and people are elected by people and have power but they are not elected and they have no power or just e littile power. They can fraud as much as they can and become morphia of tea, rice , tobacco, land and anything you can imagine but not running the country . The other system. Runs the country..
The elections are fraud , even choosing the president. The system chooses 4 or two people and people should vote for them which is usually choosing between bad and worse. Sadly even that is not honest. They system takes the one they want out of the bulletin point. That why nothing has changed for 47 years, it just gets worse. .
@arididntcookdis
April 30, 2026 at 12:45 pm
Talking about brutally oppressed demonstrations and not mentioning the January massacres, lol. Looks like the professors’s laggin 3 yrs and is still stuck in woman life freedom
@sharedepicgames
April 30, 2026 at 6:29 pm
Iranian here. Thanl you so much for this video. I was ready to see another propaganda video funded by the IRGC but no. You answered the questions truthfully and hearing Maryam Mirzakhanis name made me emotional at the end. Free Iran 💚🤍❤️
@Culture_Note
May 1, 2026 at 2:44 am
Love this series! Learning through questions helps me learn so much!
@Decoy1138
May 1, 2026 at 2:52 am
1:53 Lol, he just said Mooshtaba 🐁🦁
@shandizUribe-f4r
May 1, 2026 at 9:49 am
Thank you so much for talking about Iran in an intelligent, honest manner. We Iranians outside of Iran feel passionately about bringing democracy to Iran and lately when we talk about what is truley happening in the country, filtered through brief conversations with friends and family due to internet blackout that is going on its 60+ days, we are met with cruelty. Iranians are knowledge loving, accepting people as a civilization and we just want a chance to live normal, productive lives where we can thrive. Unfortunately Islamic regime is power hungry and want to keep Iran under oppression for as long as possible no matter how many lives are taken. The regime knows that Iran is a stronghold and will do anything to keep its people oppressed to achieve global theocracy.
@rickytickytimbo9182
May 1, 2026 at 11:27 am
Thank you for explaining all of this so clearly and plainly to all of us dummies