Podcast Episodes

The Iran Deal - What Trump Got, What Iran Got, and What Comes Next (feat. Richard Goldberg)

A deal has been struck. The Strait of Hormuz is reopening. Iran's nuclear program is — allegedly — being curtailed. And sanctions relief is on the wa…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Iran Ceasefire Didn't End the Battle for Hormuz (feat. Aaron MacLean)

Is the U.S.-Iran ceasefire built to last? While the bombs have stopped, the strategic Battle for Hormuz continues to threaten global stability. In th…

3 months ago

Winning the Iran War — Whether Washington Knows It or Not

In this special solo episode of The Iran Breakdown, FDD CEO Mark Dubowitz pushes back hard on the narrative that America is losing the war with the I…

3 months, 1 week ago

The Door Tehran Kicked Open: MBS, The Bomb, and The Battle for The Gulf (feat. Bernard Haykel)

Riyadh is pressing Washington with a blunt message: don't leave the job half-finished.

Saudi Arabia publicly condemned the strikes — and privately urg…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

No March on Tehran: The Military Logic of the Iran War (feat. John Spencer)

No tanks. No invasion. No march on Tehran.

Instead: a methodical campaign to dismantle Iran’s war machine — missiles, drones, command networks, and th…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Operation Economic Fury (feat. Miad Maleki and Rich Goldberg)

Iran isn’t just under pressure. It’s under siege.

Its currency is collapsing. Its ports are constrained. Billions are bleeding out as war damage mount…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Regime Revisionism: Tehran's War Before the Iran War (feat. Jay Solomon & Negar Mojtahedi)

Back in January, the regime carried out the deadliest crackdown in modern Iranian history.

As it gunned down protesters in the streets, it launched a …

4 months ago

Iran's Global Game of Drones (& How To Stockpile While Sanctioned) (feat. Kerri Bitsoff)

For years, Washington has leaned on sanctions to contain Iran’s most dangerous capabilities.

Tehran’s drone and missile programs didn’t just survive u…

4 months, 1 week ago

War of the Words in Iran (feat. Ali Ansari)

This war isn’t just being fought with missiles and drones. There's also a war of the words, a narrative battle.

While the regime pushes its narrative …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

From Tehran to Taipei: How the Iran War Reshapes China’s Taiwan Calculus (feat. Matt Pottinger)

On the battlefield, the Iran war is expanding, and the real negotiations aren’t happening in backchannels — they’re happening in the Strait of Hormuz…

4 months, 2 weeks ago