Mnar Adley interviews Dr. Mohammad Marandi on the US-Iran conflict, assassination threats, and the UAE's secret role.

From Trump’s threats to "annihilate Iranian civilization" to sudden calls for negotiations, the geopolitical landscape is shifting rapidly. But behind closed doors and in hawkish op-eds, a darker strategy is emerging: explicit calls to assassinate Iranian officials who dare to negotiate. In this episode, we go behind the headlines with Dr. Marandi to break down what really happened in Pakistan, why JD Vance was rejected, and how the UAE is secretly fueling the war against Iran despite publicly claiming neutrality.




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MintPress News founder Mnar Adley, this essential interview with University of Tehran professor Dr. Setareh Sadeghi reveals the devastating reality of US-Israeli aggression against Iran that corporate media refuses to report.

With over 307 medical facilities destroyed in one month, schools bombed, and universities targeted, Iran faces what officials describe as a genocidal campaign.

Dr. Sadeghi exposes:

• How BBC journalists calling for Iran to be "nuked" are tied to CIA-backed regime change networks

• Why Iranian women are leading mass rallies in defense of their nation—not against it

• The collapse of Western propaganda as independent Iranian creators go viral worldwide

• How Iran's regulation of the Strait of Hormuz is accelerating the petrodollar's decline

• UAE's covert complicity in war crimes while positioning itself as a neutral party

• Why Russia and China are aligning with Iran against unipolar imperial domination

As Trump threatens to "wipe out Iranian civilization," 93 million Iranians are uniting against what they identify as a war on their sovereignty, culture, and right to self-determination.

Dr. Sadeghi explains how attacks on hospitals, UNESCO heritage sites, and civilian infrastructure have strengthened national unity across political divides.

This is the Iranian perspective watchdog journalism demands, and corporate media silences.

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Western media portrayed Iran’s protests as a democratic uprising crushed by state violence. But behind the headlines lies a familiar regime change playbook.

In this MintCast episode, Mnar Adley is joined from Tehran by Seyed Mohammad Marandi, professor at the University of Tehran, to examine how U.S.-funded NGOs, intelligence-linked narratives, and corporate media helped reframe economic protests into a foreign-backed destabilization campaign.

The conversation breaks down the role of Human Rights Activists in Iran, its funding by the National Endowment for Democracy, and the historical continuity between today’s information war and past CIA-led regime change operations in Iran.

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