[SPECIAL] Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi :The View From Tehran!

Bombs fall in Tehran as Professor Seyed Mohamed Marandi speaks with us from an evacuated building, having separated from his family after being warned he may be an Israeli target. The American-born literature professor and former nuclear negotiations advisor delivers a harrowing firsthand account of civilian casualties, media installations under attack, and the reality of living under bombardment. "I continue while Iranian journalists are dying very close to where I am," Marandi reveals, describing how moments before our interview, Iranian radio and television facilities were bombed, killing multiple media workers. Despite security officials advising him to abandon his cell phone for safety, he refuses, believing his voice must counter what he describes as Western caricatures of Iran. The professor systematically challenges prevailing narratives about the conflict. He contends Iran has successfully deployed decoys to mislead Israeli targeting systems, explaining that genuine military sites would show secondary explosions absent in footage of strikes. Marandi categorically denies Iran possesses or seeks nuclear weapons, pointing out that even American intelligence acknowledges Iran hasn't pursued such weapons since at least 2003, despite Netanyahu's decades of claims to the contrary. The conversation turns deeply personal when Morandi reveals he survived two chemical attacks during the Iran-Iraq war, with weapons he says were supplied by Western nations to Saddam Hussein. Most poignantly, Marandi draws a distinction often lost in geopolitical coverage: "Iranians have no dislike whatsoever for American people. Americans who visit Iran can tell you that they are treated with great kindness." His criticism instead targets U.S. policy decisions from the 1953 coup to present-day sanctions. As explosions continue in the background, Marandi's testimony offers a rare perspective from inside a conflict zone, challenging listeners to reconsider entrenched positions about a complex international crisis. What truths might we discover when we listen to voices from all sides?

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A daily discussion of news from the perspective that government is the negation of liberty, and the individual is greater than the state. Judge Andrew P. Napolitano is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Notre Dame Law School. He is the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in the history of the State of New Jersey. He sat on the bench from 1987 to 1995, when he presided over more than 150 jury trials and thousands of motions, sentencings, and hearings.As Fox News’ Senior Judicial Analyst from 1997 to 2021, Judge Napolitano gave 14,500 broadcasts nationwide on the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. He is nationally known for watching and reporting on the government as it takes liberty and property.The Judge is the author of nine books on the U.S. Constitution, two of which have been New York Times Best Sellers. His most recent book, SUICIDE PACT: The Radical Expansion of Presidential Powers and the Assault on Civil Liberties.