As tensions sharpen between Iran, Israel and the United States, Redi Tlhabi and veteran journalist Phillip van Niekerk unpack the strikes, the denials and the shifting nuclear narrative. From the collapse of the Obama-era deal dismantled by Donald Trump to the long-running warnings of Benjamin Netanyahu, they examine how we arrived at this moment and whether bombing a nation can ever be sold as liberation.
This episode was made possible thanks to The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom: https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa
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Hosted by: Redi Tlhabi
Guest: Journalist and political analyst Phillip van Niekerk
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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00:09 Strikes on Iran
01:14 Regime Change History
01:38 Iranian People Caught
02:54 Déjà Vu of US Wars
04:01 Why Attack Now
05:07 Trump vs US Interests
05:42 Nuclear Deal Missteps
08:16 War Fallout and Civilians
09:43 Can Bombing Liberate
14:18 Will Regime Entrench
18:22 Regional Spillover Risks
21:36 US Politics and Rule of Law
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