Iran’s Defiance and Western Claims vs Eye Witness Accounts – Interview with Patrick Henningsen

Here are some deeper insights on Iran’s recent state funeral processions for Ayatollah Khamenei, which spanned from Tehran to Najaf and Karbala, and how Western media misinterpreted the turnout’s scale and significance. We then delve into Patrick Henningsen’s views on Iran under Khamenei, highlighting its high literacy, and being the region’s leader in women with STEM grads and PhDs, as well as the country’s drive for self-sufficiency in agriculture, medical, nuclear physics, missiles, and drones. It’s pretty clear that the knowledge economy in Iran is why institutions like Sharif University have faced targeting in US and Israeli airstrikes—as we contrast Iran with Gulf monarchies who have to import all of their skilled and unskilled labour. But the biggest threat to Israel seems to be that Iran remains the sole regional state advocating for the liberation of Palestine and Lebanon. He also outlines asymmetric warfare, the corridor through Syria and Iraq, and explains how Iraqi oil revenues held in a bank account in New York, which provide the US with leverage through the US dollar. All this and more.