Mohsen Sazegara Mohsen Sazegara Talks, interviews and analysis on Iran

Talks

Mohsen Sazegara's weekly video talks, each with a full English translation. New talks are added as they are published. Older talks without a translation are on the Persian site.

Russia's plan for after Khamenei

First, I apologize that because I am traveling, the program may be of lower quality than usual. Mr. Ali Larijani's trip to Moscow to meet Putin and deliver Khamenei's message to him is an important matter that deserves…
Why have the Khamenei regime's execution and assassination machines been activated?

The third day of the hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar Prison has also come to an end. The hunger strike means that political prisoners, joined by ordinary prisoners, are refusing prison food. They are protesting the…
The Sharm el-Sheikh summit and criticism of Khamenei's failed policies from within the regime

Today, under the agenda prepared for Mr. Trump's 20-point plan, 20 Israeli hostages, the last living hostages, were released, and in return 1,968 Palestinian prisoners were released. The bodies of 28 Israeli hostages…
Khamenei, helpless before the people, activates the execution machine

The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Ehsan Faridi, a 22-year-old student at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tabriz. He was first arrested on charges of propaganda against the regime and was…
Why have regime factions intensified their fight over the leadership and the presidency?

Two interviews with two IRGC commanders have raised some noteworthy points. The first is General Esmail Qaani, commander of the IRGC's Quds Force, who, in an interview with Islamic Republic television, confirms that…
Massive US military buildup and the possibility of renewed war

The deployment by the United States of dozens of fighter jets and refueling aircraft, at least 10 tankers, to an air base in Qatar, along with dozens more aircraft and fighter jets to Britain, which is closer to the…
A Pezeshkian-Trump meeting? Infighting in Tehran and silence in Washington

Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23, the sessions of the UN General Assembly open with a speech by Mr. Trump, the President of the United States. Every year in late September, leaders and foreign ministers of the member…
Return of UN sanctions and resignations of Pezeshkian's ministers

The sad story of the dead-end nuclear project entered a new phase today. Article 11 of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 was in effect the backbone of the JCPOA, and under that resolution the UN sanctions had been…
"We are a great nation, we'll take Iran back" chanted in dozens of places across the country

Yesterday, 25 Shahrivar, the anniversary of the killing of Mahsa Amini and the start of the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution, there were protest gatherings, chanting, and marches in dozens of places across the country.…
The Woman, Life, Freedom revolution: the beginning of the end of the Islamic Republic

Tomorrow, Tuesday, 25 Shahrivar, is the third anniversary of the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini, the Kurdish girl from Saqqez, in Tehran at the hands of the Guidance Patrol. Her killing, which was the start of the Woman,…
Khamenei's death or killing and what could follow

These days the discussion of the post-Khamenei era of the country is very heated in government circles. Among the people, who basically chant "Death to Khamenei" whenever they get the chance and pray to God that he be…
A look at the possibility of another Israeli attack

Four hundred workers at the IRALCO factory, the Iran Aluminium Company in Arak, have been protesting for 43 days. The workers are gathering on the factory grounds and have gone on hunger strike. Some of them are in…