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How did the oppressive Ayatollah regime convince the Western left that they’re the victims?

Dan speaks with Iranian-American lawyer and activist Elica Le Bon about the ideological narratives that form (and distort) the West’s reaction to the Iran war. Le Bon explains the deep divide between the Iranian people and the Islamic regime, the cycles of protests and repression, the imperialist roots of the regime’s long-standing obsession with Israel, and the Marxist prism through which the Western left understands the conflict.

In this episode:

- Elica Le Bon’s family story and the legacy of the 1979 revolution

- Life under the Islamic regime and the experience of repression

- Why the Iranian regime sees Israel as central to its ideology

- The gap between the Iranian people and the regime ruling them

- How ideological narratives in the West shape perceptions of the war

- The “mind virus” of anti-Western and anti-Zionist thinking

- Protest movements inside Iran and the risks people face

- What a post-regime Iran could mean for the Middle East and the world

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