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Hooman Majd—journalist, author, and Iran analyst—joins Robert Wright to discuss Trump's turn to economic warfare against Iran. Plus: MSM’s MOU misunderstanding; the 1979 hostage crisis as guide to Tehran’s thinking; and, in Overtime, the (alleged) US-Israeli plan to install Ahmadinejad.
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0:00 Hooman's Iranian expertise—inherited and otherwise
3:25 Trump’s new (economic) war on Iran
13:49 What MSM missed about the MOU
18:21 How will Iran respond?
26:36 The intra-MAGA fight over Trump’s foreign policy
29:49 Will Iran do to Trump what it did to Carter?
42:20 Iran and the Houthi-Saudi conflict
47:52 Is the Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey alliance for real?
50:25 Heading to Overtime
Discussed in Overtime:
The (alleged) US-Israeli plan to install Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad: Mossad asset?
A post-US Persian Gulf?
MBS vs MBZ: The Saudi-Emirati rivalry’s next phase.
How the West Bank could unsettle US politics.
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Hooman Majd (Minister Without Portfolio, The Ayatollahs' Democracy). Recorded August 20, 2026.
Twitter: twitter.com/NonzeroPods
Hooman Majd—journalist, author, and Iran analyst—joins Robert Wright to discuss Trump's turn to economic warfare against Iran. Plus: MSM’s MOU misunderstanding; the 1979 hostage crisis as guide to Tehran’s thinking; and, in Overtime, the (alleged) US-Israeli plan to install Ahmadinejad.
Subscribe to The NonZero Newsletter at: nonzero.org/subscribe
Exclusive Overtime discussion: nonzero.org/p/trumps-new-war-on-iran-robert-wright
Join NonZero's Discord server: discord.gg/Zy4jAhTQMF
0:00 Hooman's Iranian expertise—inherited and otherwise
3:25 Trump’s new (economic) war on Iran
13:49 What MSM missed about the MOU
18:21 How will Iran respond?
26:36 The intra-MAGA fight over Trump’s foreign policy
29:49 Will Iran do to Trump what it did to Carter?
42:20 Iran and the Houthi-Saudi conflict
47:52 Is the Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey alliance for real?
50:25 Heading to Overtime
Discussed in Overtime:
The (alleged) US-Israeli plan to install Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad: Mossad asset?
A post-US Persian Gulf?
MBS vs MBZ: The Saudi-Emirati rivalry’s next phase.
How the West Bank could unsettle US politics.
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Hooman Majd (Minister Without Portfolio, The Ayatollahs' Democracy). Recorded August 20, 2026.
Twitter: twitter.com/NonzeroPods
