US WON’T Get What it Wants Through War on Iran! (Ex-Senior State Dept Advisor Alan Eyre)

Episode 7 • February 14, 2026 • 00:27:57
US WON’T Get What it Wants Through War on Iran! (Ex-Senior State Dept Advisor Alan Eyre)
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US WON’T Get What it Wants Through War on Iran! (Ex-Senior State Dept Advisor Alan Eyre)

Feb 14 2026 | 00:27:57

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Show Notes

n this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Alan Eyre, Former Senior Advisor for Iran at the US State Department and the First Persian-Language Spokesperson at the US State Department. He discusses the Trump Administration’s strategic ambiguity and inconsistency towards Iran regarding the nuclear program, missiles and regime change, whether China and Russia will come to Iran’s rescue for economic and military aid, the weakening of the Iranian economy by the US and structural economic problems, Iran’s continued deterrence via hypersonic missiles, whether Iran should pursue nuclear weapons as a deterrent against the US and nuclear-armed Israel, the power of the Israel lobby as the war on Iran looms, Israel’s goal being the annihilation of Iran rather than a US-Iran deal, whether he would advise Trump to use or not to use military action against Iran, and much more.

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