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The Check-in: What’s Iran Got To Do With It...Part 1
After an Israeli strike killed IRGC leaders in Syria, the region has waited with baited breath for a response from the Iranian regime. Could regional war be on the horizon?
We explore:
- What (and who) is a proxy?
- How does the US-Israel alliance shape Iran’s engagement in the region?
- What does the strike mean for the ongoing negotiations to end the war?
We hear the perspectives of two accomplished guest experts from DAWN: Democracy for the Arab World Now, a human rights organization founded by the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 to promote the rule of law and democracy across the Middle East, just before his murder in Turkey.
Joining us were Sarah Leah Whitson, DAWN’s Executive Director, and Omid Memarian, DAWN’s Director of Communications and an Iranian journalist. Both have impressive resumes in human rights work in the region and offer a helpful perspective on the current moment.
There’s more to explore on Iran, so stay tuned for further conversations with more perspectives, and send us your questions from this episode to address in a follow-up conversation coming soon.
UPDATE: See our follow-up episode, posted April 22, for more perspective and conversation.
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