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Trita Parsi

@tparsi.bsky.social
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2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order Recipient. Executive VP @quincyinst. Author of Losing an Enemy, Single Roll of the Dice & Treacherous Alliance. Views are my own.

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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 5h
Trump denies the story that he is considering an attack on Iran before the midterms. Given how little confidence there is in his word, it is unclear whether this will be interpreted as a denial or as a confirmation...
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 9h
"Do you feel the IRGC is saying 'Vote Blue No Matter Who'"? Questions only @hasanthehun would ever ask :) A few days old now, but always great to be on Hasan's show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhb_...
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IRAN IS ABOUT TO MAX OUT THEIR LEVERAGE
YouTube video by HasanAbi
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The great thing about going on @PKurzin's show is that we always find something to disagree on. In this episode, we disagreed (slightly) on Europe's role in the Iran war. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcA5...
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OIL PRICES SURGE AS IRAN WAR DRAINS GLOBAL STOCKPILES - w/ Trita Parsi
YouTube video by Pyotr Kurzin | Geopolitics
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We had a great conversation yesterday with @EliClifton and Ian Lustick, the authors of the new book “Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.“ tritaparsi.substack.com/p/recording-...
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Recording of Q&A with authors of “Israel’s Lobby”
We had a great conversation yesterday with Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick, the authors of the new book “Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.“
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The disgraced former head of German Intelligence, who is accused of having been a spy for an unnamed foreign government, also serves on the Advisory Board of UANI (United Against Nuclear Iran), which many suspect is an Israeli intelligence front. www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/people/dr-au...
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Dr. August Hanning
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I guess this is what happens when AIPAC-AI writes your talking points without any human in the chain to check for basic humanity. David Valadao (R-CA-22) literally says that military aid to Israel helps the US because the money goes to the production and TESTING of American weapons systems.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@MarkRuffalo is known to be one of the nicest guys in Hollywood - and beyond. Takes a lot for him to call anyone a bad word. So when he calls Jake Sullivan and Tony Blinken "war criminals" - based on his interactions with them throughout the Gaza genocide - take it seriously.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wow! Senator @ChrisMurphyCT is denied entry to U.S. military facilities in the Persian Gulf. He wasn't even allowed to meet with military leaders! He believes this is on the order of Pete Hegseth, who is trying to hide the damage and the cost of this war of choice with Iran.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It has never happened before that a country's top intelligence officer and head of a national spy agency proved to be a spy for another state. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
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German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage Charges (Gift Article)
August Hanning is accused of helping foreign governments. His arrest shook the German political world and had roots in a steakhouse-heiress kidnapping plot.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Spoke with @TomSwitzerMedia about why China may be the only player that can break the deadlock between the US and Iran - and help avoid a devastating Round 3 of the war. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn60...
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Trita Parsi | China could break the US-Iran diplomatic deadlock | Tom Switzer
YouTube video by Switzerland with Tom Switzer
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
.@MatthewKroenig and I debated the Iran war a few months ago at @ForeignPolicy. The episode got a lot of attention. So FP/DohaForum invited us back to debate where we are now and whether it's been worth it. Plenty of sparks... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhzx...
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Is a Confrontational Approach With Iran Necessary? A Debate with Matt Kroenig and Trita Parsi
YouTube video by Foreign Policy
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former Green Beret tells me how the Iran war has destroyed morale within the military. "Folks don't want to do a career in the military any longer. We have an all-volunteer force with the buy-in of a conscript army."
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can't recall anything good ever coming out of this... BREAKING: Netanyahu flies to Abu Dhabi to meet Emirati president www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Netanyahu flies to Abu Dhabi to meet Emirati president — report
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Huckabee - who many may mistake for the Israeli amb. to the US - speaks at the "Jewish American Summit" and claims that 60,000 Iranians MAY have entered the US under the previous administration and that we don't know if they came here to grow tomatoes or to be sleeper cells...
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Intervening diplomatically goes against Chinese instincts. But if there is a third and more devastating round of US-Iran war, whose economic shocks China no longer can insulate itself from, Beijing may be incentivized to intervene in a manner Washington may prefer to avoid.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Told @NewsNation that while the US will press China on accusations that it has been providing targeting data to Iran, reality is that China could do far more to support Tehran, including providing it with advanced weapons.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
.@chrislhayes and I both attended meetings with Pezeshkian today in NY. On his show tonight, we discussed the absurd situation we are in, why the current diplomacy likely won't work, and why a major escalation unfortunately seems to be in the cards... www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcU6...
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‘Acutely politically toxic’: Hayes on the Iran War hurting Republican candidates at home
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My conversation with @Glenn_Diesen went to very dark places. But the situation in the Middle East/US/Iran is unravelling, and measures and scenarios that were unthinkable just a few months ago are increasingly being discussed at the government level... www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoOw...
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Trita Parsi: Middle East Unraveling — Are We on the Path to World War?
YouTube video by Glenn Diesen
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Told @FOXLA that Trump's ill-advised war gave the Islamic Republic another lease on life. It was facing its worst legitimacy crisis ever, but the aggression by the US and Israel caused a rally-around-the-flag phenomenon. www.foxla.com/video/fmc-to...
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Why the Iran War is driving up global energy costs: Dr. Trita Parsi
Glen Walker sits down with foreign policy expert Dr. Trita Parsi to break down the latest developments in the escalating war in Iran. In this in-depth interview, they examine whether the conflict has ...
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Prediction: This is the least of the costs that facilitators and supporters of genocide will end up paying... Ed Sheeran Philadelphia Tickets Slashed By Nearly 50% Following Macklemore ‘Free Palestine’ Controversy www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
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Ed Sheeran Ticket Prices Slashed Nearly 50% Following Macklemore Controversy
Sheeran’s supporting acts and backing band withdrew from his North American tour after rapper Macklemore was barred from opening for Sheeran at multiple venues following remarks supporting Palestinian...
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Israel plans to ask the US for additional defense capabilities as "compensation" after Washington agreed to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, according to Israeli media. www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
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Israel seeks ‘compensation’ from US following Saudi F-35 deal: Report
Tel Aviv to seek purchasing weapons that Washington previously declined to approve, Israeli media reports | Anadolu
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ansarollah has struck the main airport in Riyadh with drones. While many in Tehran are satisfied, some are also concerned that the escalation may get out of control. Thus far, all escalation has been calibrated. That won't be the case if matters get out of control.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Told @MarioNawfal that the Trump admin is acting with supreme confidence in their strategy on Iran, but after having spoken to numerous regional officials - including very close allies of the US - none seem to understand what that confidence is based on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHXv...
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IRAN LAUNCHES A MASS MOBILIZATION AS TRUMP VOWS TO "WIN" THE WAR – w/ Trita Parsi
YouTube video by Mario Nawfal
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This young boy in Northwest DC, probably no more than 10 years old, has more courage and more spine than Ed Sheeran.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The complicity is undeniable. "Germany and the United States supply 99% of the weapons exported to Israel... They could stop this conflict overnight if they stopped the weapons killing Palestinians." - UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Ben Saul
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Seldom does cowardice get punished as much as it deserves. But in Ed Sheeran's case, we're getting close. An Irish radio station - apparently big enough to make the news - has dropped Sheeran's music! It did so, it says, due to feedback from its listeners.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As Saudi military forces surrendered to the flip-flop-wearing Houthi soldiers, the Yemeni group gained control over large amounts of American military equipment...
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Despite all the propaganda. All the cancelling. All the influence operations. All the manipulation of social media algorithms. All the $7000 payments to influencers... Support for Israel has STILL dropped a whopping 67 PERCENTAGE POINTS in 8 years!! Yes, the era is over.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Something has happened in the last few months. We went from hearing Western officials describe the US as a challenge, unreliable, unpredictable, and incompetent. Now, Western officials publicly refer to the US as a threat. Carney said it three times in his video speech today.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is where we are. Canadian Premier @MarkJCarney issues a chilling video on past and current "American threats" to Canada. I counted 13 references to the US threatening, seeking to break, or otherwise behaving adversarially toward Canada. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd7k...
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'This Is Not The First Time...': Mark Carney Goes On Rampage Against Trump In Chilling Video
YouTube video by Hook Global
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Volkswagen once produced weapons for the Nazis. Now it will produce them for Israel. www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/b...
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Iranian school struck in the war’s earliest attacks is now a memorial for children apnews.com/article/iran...
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The Iranian school struck in the war's earliest attacks is now a memorial for children
The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, is now a memorial for children and others killed in the Feb. 28 attacks that sparked the war with the United States and Israel.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Under Miliband, the UK seems to be moving toward rectifying its errors in Gaza. Action speaks louder than words, of course, but words often precede action. If genuine and substantive, then it must be welcomed.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
12 days ago, the US strategy was to get Iran out of the headlines before the midterms. Economic warfare was going to make military action unnecessary. 7 days later, the US started bombing Larak Island. There is a desire to pacify the situation, but a lack of discipline to stick to that policy.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Iran may opt to escalate before the midterms to maximize the political damage to Iran. That may succeed, but Iran may miscalculate if it thinks a Democratic Congress will restrain Trump. A humiliated Trump may take military risks he has so far eschewed.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
China is the main reason why oil never went above $150. They dramatically reduced demand. But not to help the US or to undermine Iran. Rather, to secure their own interest, which is to avoid a global economic recession. My interview with @AJEnglish
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Told @AJEnglish that the American position of imposing preconditions for talks with Iran is either rooted in supreme confidence that traffic in the Strait has been restored, or it signals complete strategic disarray, with the US continually changing tactics and policies.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wow! Navigator Poll shows one-in-five Trump 2024 voters now regret their choice. Main reason? The Iran war. "Nearly half (45%) cite the war with Iran as a main reason for regret" Trump should stop listening to those who pushed him to start this war. navigatorresearch.org/feeling-dupe...
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Feeling Duped: Trump Voters Go From Hope to Regret | Navigator Research
This Navigator Research report covers the war with Iran and national security.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is what 286 days of deployment in the Persian Gulf did to the USS Abraham Lincoln. It is covered in rust from bow to stern. Imagine what it did to the souls of the servicemen and women who had to serve in this unnecessary war of choice, pushed by Israel?
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Talked to @Glenn_Diesen both about why there is more bark than bite behind Trump's latest Iran sanctions, and why so many foreign leaders - who are squarely in the US camp generally - secretly root for Iran and for Trump to get stuck in the Persian Gulf. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX74...
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Trita Parsi: Why the World Is Quietly Taking Iran's Side in the War
YouTube video by Glenn Diesen
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
They changed the META and TikTok algorithms so that Americans wouldn't get to see what Israelis actually do or say: - "What do I care? Kill them. I don't care.” - “This place is for us, it's promised for us, so they can starve to death” - “I think we need to be united and kill them all.”
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
As Arundhati Roy said, what is under the rubble in Gaza is not only the bodies of countless Palestinians killed by Israel, but also the carcass of Western Liberal Democracy...
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Fantastic episode by @bianca_nobilo on @hist_uncensored about the deeper history between Israel and Iran - and everything the current media narrative misses. Had the honor of being interviewed for it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQsm...
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Israel & Iran Were Allies - How Did They Become Enemies? | With Trita Parsi
YouTube video by History Uncensored
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Told @MarioNawfal that I am increasingly convinced that Trump's D-Day sanctions are not intended to be too biting, precisely because the US doesn't want to generate an Iranian counterescalation. There is far more bark than bite - deliberately. For now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDzs...
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BREAKING: U.S. MAKES NEW PEACE OFFER AFTER IRAN THREATENS TO STRIKE - w/ Trita Parsi
YouTube video by Mario Nawfal
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So it turns out that the intel that Iran was seeking to kill Trump came from Israel (!) and was deemed by the CIA as “Israeli-derived, not U.S.-generated, and viewed as low confidence” Anything to get Trump to drop diplomacy and resume war for Israel... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey
CIA had doubts about Israeli intelligence on a threat to Trump in Turkey that prompted an extraordinary secret flight.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Iran war risks bringing the G7′s fastest-growing economy to a halt In April, the IMF warned that the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran would hit the UK’s growth prospects harder than any other rich country. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/i...
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The Iran war risks bringing the G7's fastest-growing economy to a halt
The U.K. economy is showing further signs of a long-awaited rebound, but the picture is complicated by the fallout from the Iran war and high energy prices.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
ABSOLUTE MUST-WATCH: @mehdirhasan's interview with Ian Lustick and @EliClifton on their new book: "Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power" zeteo.com/p/aipac-expo...
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AIPAC Exposed: Mehdi Speaks to Authors of New Book on the Israel Lobby
Co-authors Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick discuss AIPAC’s ‘toxic’ issue, why the U.S. can never say no to Israel, and their efforts to change the U.S.-Israel relationship.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The number of Americans who view the Iran war as a debacle is steadily growing. In July, only 12% believed the war had achieved its goals...
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Told @ABC that this constant investment in military action and illusions of military "solutions" has only weakened the American position, and the Iranians are making demands that reflect that reality. There is only a diplomatic exit out of this debacle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZl8...
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Iran expert on Iran war stalemate: Hurting US more than Iran
YouTube video by ABC News
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@MarioNawfal insisted, so I agreed to debate the former spokesperson of Israel's IDF, Jonathan Conricus. I did so with the expectation that he had the confidence and capacity to engage in a substantive discussion. I may have overestimated him... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD6I...
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"YOU'RE BRINGING THE U.S. INTO AN ENDLESS WAR" - Trita Parsi vs. Conricus on Iran
YouTube video by Mario Nawfal
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