Jun 10, 2026 · 54 min · 11 segments
Iran and the United States have been adversaries for decades. But caught in the middle are the 92 million Iranians with "90 million opinions" on their government, foreign intervention, and state of…
Neda BolourchiGuestKevinHost
I think that you can, uh, be a very strong leader who stands for ethics, who stands for freedom and democracy, and you can do it in a way that is not constituted by brute force.
[instrumental music] Today on the Values and Interest podcast, I'm joined by Neda Bolouei.
She's a senior non-resident fellow at Eurasia Group's Institute for Global Affairs and an expert on Iranian-US relations.
Together, we unpack some of the critical moral and political questions at the center of the ongoing war between the US and Iran.
I hope you enjoy today's episode.
Let's get right to it.
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I think that you can, uh, be a very strong leader who stands for ethics, who stands for freedom and democracy, and you can do it in a way that is not constituted by brute force.
[instrumental music] Today on the Values and Interest podcast, I'm joined by Neda Bolouei.
She's a senior non-resident fellow at Eurasia Group's Institute for Global Affairs and an expert on Iranian-US relations.
Together, we unpack some of the critical moral and political questions at the center of the ongoing war between the US and Iran.
I hope you enjoy today's episode.
Let's get right to it.