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.

Why has America closed the door to negotiations?

In the past week, after the relative calm that had held from late Tir until last week, fighting between Iran and the United States resumed. First, last Saturday a large oil tanker in the southern lane of the Strait of…
Why has Trump's popularity reached its lowest level?

The IRGC Navy has announced that it will use Fajr-5 rockets, with a caliber of 333 millimeters, in such a way that instead of conventional warheads they will carry naval mines. They will be fired from the coast into sea…
The IRGC Intelligence Organization and the fear of public protests

Yesterday afternoon the IRGC Intelligence Organization issued a statement warning about the possibility of a new round of protests taking shape. The issues it listed were mostly people's livelihood problems and their…
Reviewing the U.S. economic pressure plan" (or "Examining the U.S. economic pressure scheme")

America's strategy, which reportedly will remain its main focus until November and the US elections, has three pillars. The first is to try to take the Strait of Hormuz as a lever away from Iran by opening a passage…
Pezeshkian and announcing readiness for peace, Ghalibaf and fear of the hungry's uprising

In today's coordinated line from the Friday prayer leaders, apart from the issue of the war, the issue of hijab and dealing with the women and girls of Iran was raised. When the Friday prayer leaders all repeat…
Probability of conflict between Turkey and Israel? Changing the equations

Mosaddegh. They brought back Mohammad Reza Shah, who had fled the country, and put him back on the throne of power. Dr. Mosaddegh was a child of Iran's Constitutional Revolution, and one could say he had two main…
A look at the recent seven appointments by Mojtaba

We said before that America's strategy is shifting from war to a naval blockade and economic pressure. Mr. JD Vance, the US Vice President, said in an interview with Fox News that America's priority now is not the…
Trump's readiness to quit the war without a nuclear deal

Mr. Pezeshkian has stated that he had a seven-to-eight-hour meeting with Mojtaba. He also said that Mojtaba is in perfectly good health. Last time, it was reported that Mr. Pezeshkian saw Mojtaba in a car and did not…
Why was Mohsen Rezaei appointed instead of Bagher Zolghadr?

Today's important news, which is in a way strategic and consequential, was the signing of a tripartite pact in the city of Mecca. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a pact today which they called "collective…
The hidden map of the war from the perspective of the Israeli newspaper

Mr. Pezeshkian's government has sent to the Majlis, as a one-stage urgent bill, the bill for joining the 2018 (1397 in the Iranian calendar) Turkmenistan convention. This convention, which was signed during Mr.…
Pezeshkian's resignation again? The threat of accepting Mojtaba in case of repeated resignation

The cycle of threats and the danger of war, then negotiations again, and talk that the danger has receded for now, has repeated itself once more. After Mr. Netanyahu came to Washington, news circles reported that he had…
Public protest and struggle against the government's project of execution and intimidation

In the case known as the Alikhani Square case in Isfahan, in which four government agents were killed, a total of 56 people were arrested, and 12 of them were sentenced to death. A trial in which, in fact, no rules of…