Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons | Lex Fridman Podcast #334

Abbas Amanat is a historian at Yale specializing in the modern history of Iran. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Abbas's Website: https://history.yale.edu/people/abbas-amanat
Abbas's Books:
1. Iran: https://amzn.to/3zzLWVA
2. Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi'ism: https://amzn.to/3h66fU0

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:58 - Mahsa Amini protests in Iran
19:15 - Propaganda
36:54 - Iranian culture
53:43 - Violent suppression of protests
1:15:11 - Islamic Revolution
1:32:54 - CIA in Iran
1:49:10 - Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini
2:20:07 - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
2:28:02 - Nuclear weapons
2:36:18 - Israel
2:50:58 - Putin
2:58:31 - Future of Iran

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