How Iran managed to take on a superpower
Over the past months, the entire world watched in surprise as Iran stood up to the most powerful militaries in the world.
On February 28, when the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, killing its head of state, Trump was hoping for a quick, Venezuela-style regime change. Instead, Iran fought back, attacking Arab states in the region which host American military bases and even successfully closing off the Strait of Hormuz, a major thoroughfare for the world's oil.
On this episode of Scroll Adda, writer and anthropologist Alex Reza Shams explains that one should not be surprised by this…
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