Social Venture Podcast with Joe Mkhitaryan
Sep 25, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min · 14 segments
In this episode, we break down some of the biggest stories making headlines in America and around the world — from a bizarre viral moment at the United Nations to record fuel prices, Trump’s upcoming…
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But let's go back to annihilating Iran, okay? What is Trump saying? He's saying they have two options.

We can come down and sit down at the table and diplomatically resolve this, you know, if people don't know, but most of you should know.

For the past 50 years, since 1979, Iran and the United States have had massive hostile, I mean, hostile relationship.

They had the best relations, you know, economically, trade-wise, partnership, militarily.

America was selling, you know how we're selling our F-35s to Turkey right now? We used to sell our top-line military products to Iran back then, and Iran was thriving.

At least that's what it looked like, you know, from the outside, because internally...

A lot of people were actually complaining, especially Reza Pahlavi, through this massive, massive party commemorating Iran.

And when he called all the world leaders and he spent equivalent to today's dollars, like a billion dollars on a party.
take.
You say that they weren't doing well.
Okay, I just uncovered that there are organizations out there paying people in Texas... to post how they're having economic problems, how the affordability is really affecting them.
And these people are being paid to lie on the Internet with whatever means they can do.
So we don't know if Iran was having economic strife.
All we know is that this is what the media in there was saying.
And I think that he's giving the people of Iran a message.
I don't think this is for the leadership, because the leadership has been lying since day one.
They keep saying we want to make a deal, and then they say, no, we're not doing that.

But let's go back to annihilating Iran, okay? What is Trump saying? He's saying they have two options.

We can come down and sit down at the table and diplomatically resolve this, you know, if people don't know, but most of you should know.

For the past 50 years, since 1979, Iran and the United States have had massive hostile, I mean, hostile relationship.

They had the best relations, you know, economically, trade-wise, partnership, militarily.

America was selling, you know how we're selling our F-35s to Turkey right now? We used to sell our top-line military products to Iran back then, and Iran was thriving.

At least that's what it looked like, you know, from the outside, because internally...

A lot of people were actually complaining, especially Reza Pahlavi, through this massive, massive party commemorating Iran.

And when he called all the world leaders and he spent equivalent to today's dollars, like a billion dollars on a party.
take.
You say that they weren't doing well.
Okay, I just uncovered that there are organizations out there paying people in Texas... to post how they're having economic problems, how the affordability is really affecting them.
And these people are being paid to lie on the Internet with whatever means they can do.
So we don't know if Iran was having economic strife.
All we know is that this is what the media in there was saying.
And I think that he's giving the people of Iran a message.
I don't think this is for the leadership, because the leadership has been lying since day one.
They keep saying we want to make a deal, and then they say, no, we're not doing that.
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