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SUMMARY:Protests Reverberate Across Iran
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nThroughout Iran\, workers are on strike. The stock market has closed down. University students in Tehran are revolting in the streets. Protests have broken out throughout almost every major province and city. The IRGC and thugs of the Revolutionary Guard Corps have begun shooting the protesters. \nIs this the beginning of the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran? \n  \nAbout our speaker: Behnam Ben Taleblu is senior director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracy’s Iran Program\, where he oversees the breadth and depth of FDD’s work on Iran in addition to serving as a senior fellow specializing in Iranian security and political issues. For well over a decade\, Behnam has supported FDD’s Iran program as a senior fellow\, research fellow\, and senior Iran analyst. Prior to his time at FDD\, Behnam worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think tank in Washington. \nLeveraging his subject-matter expertise and native Persian-language skills\, Behnam closely tracks a wide range of Iran-related functional and regional topics including nuclear non-proliferation\, ballistic missiles and drones\, sanctions\, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its proxies\, the foreign and security policy of the Islamic Republic\, and internal Iranian politics. Frequently called upon to brief journalists\, congressional staff\, diplomatic\, military\, academic\, and policy audiences in Washington\, across the United States\, and around the world\, Behnam has testified before various committees in the U.S. Congress\, the Canadian Parliament\, and the UK House of Commons. \nBehnam’s analysis has been quoted in The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, Reuters\, Fox News\, Associated Press\, Agence France-Presse\, Politico\, and Axios\, among others. Additionally\, he has contributed to or coauthored articles for The Wall Street Journal\, Foreign Affairs\, Foreign Policy\, Politico Europe\, Fox News\, The Hill\, War on the Rocks\, Newsweek\, and The National Interest. Behnam has appeared on a variety of broadcast programs\, including PBS Newshour\, BBC News\, Fox News\, CNN International\, CBS News\, C-SPAN\, France 24\, and Deutsche Welle. \nBehnam earned his M.A. with honors in international relations from The University of Chicago\, and his B.A. in international affairs and Middle East studies from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Behnam is also a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities and a contributing editor to National Security Journal.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/protests-reverberate-across-iran/
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SUMMARY:What is Happening in Iran\, Today
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here.  \nAs protesters are rocking the streets throughout the Islamic Republic of Iran\, are the IRGC  and the Basij going to become more repressive? How many protesters are willing to put their lives on the line? Will Reza Pahlavi return to office? Is Erdogan waiting in the wings for a Sunni-Shia confrontation?? What will become of Stage II of the Gaza withdrawal? Is Egypt going to intervene in Gaza? And how will President Trump’s actions in Venezuela affect the Middle Eastern map? \nHere to answer these questions and more is Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar Ilan University. \nAbout Our Speaker \nLt.-Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar is a distinguished professor of  Arabic & Middle East literature and culture at Israel’s Bar Ilan University and a research associate at the University’s Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies.  Dr. Kedar is a 25-year veteran of IDF Military Intelligence. \nDr. Kedar is a sought-after lecturer in Israel and abroad and his extensive experience on intelligence\, counterterrorism and Arab and Middle East affairs coupled with his charisma and intelligence makes every encounter fascinating and his geo-strategic analysis captivating. Dr. Kedar has frequently appeared on Israel’s television news networks as well as the Arabic-language Al Jazeera television network.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/what-is-happening-in-iran-today/
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SUMMARY:How has The Islamic Republic Gotten to This Place?
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \nBy now\, we all know that thousands of courageous protesters have been murdered by the fierce forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The government has successfully blocked the internet and phone calls out of the country\, so it is impossible to know any approximate number. We also know that these protesters came armed with nothing more than their voices\, their passion and their bodies\, while the Islamic Republic armed the IRGC\, the thugs of the Basij\, their army and their police with lethal weapons. This has amounted to the largest mass uprising since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. \nWe also know that after President Trump had posted on Truth Social “Iranian Patriots\, keep protesting…take over your institutions!!! Help is on its way”\, Trump has suddenly changed his mind. He has now said that “The killing has stopped.” \nWhy is that? How have we gotten to this point? What is the history behind the Islamic Revolution? What did President Carter say and do? What did President Obama say and do? Why do we sometimes see footage of scores upon scores of bodies laid out in row after row on our cellphones? Which Arab allies have spoken to President Trump\, and what are they actually after? Is it still possible to retrieve a democracy\, or even a benign monarchy in Iran? \nAt the end of the day\, which side of history is the United States on? \nAnd finally: We often hear about what the United States offers Israel\, but isn’t this a two-way street? What does Israel offer the United States for our survival\, in the West? \nIn order to answer these questions and more\, we are delighted to welcome back to an EMET webinar\, Ambassador Yoram Ettinger. \n About our  Speaker: Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger is an insider on US-Israel relations\, the Islamic Republic of Iran\, Mideast politics\, and overseas investments in Israel’s high tech.  He is a member of the American-Israel Demographic Research Group (AIDRG)\, which has documented dramatic flaws behind demographic fatalism on one hand and a Jewish demographic momentum on the other hand. \nHe is a consultant to members of Israel’s Cabinet and Knesset\, and regularly briefs US legislators and their staff on Israel’s contribution to vital US interests\, on the root causes of international terrorism and other issues of bilateral concern. \nAmbassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger’s OpEds have been published in Israel and in the US\, and he is frequently interviewed on Israel’s and the US’ TV and radio. \nAmbassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger – who did his graduate studies at UCLA and undergraduate at the University of Texas El Paso\, and has served as Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel’s Embassy in Washington (with the rank of an Ambassador)\, Israel’s Consul General in Houston and Director of Israel’s Government Press Office.  He is the editor of Straight From The Jerusalem Cloakroom and Boardroom newsletters on issues of national security and overseas investments in Israel’s high-tech.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/how-has-the-islamic-republic-gotten-to-this-place/
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SUMMARY:The Tragic Plight of the Kurds
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here  \n  \nThe Kurds\, a people who span parts of southeastern Turkey\,  northwestern Iran\, northern Iraq and northeastern Syria have an old expression\, “We have no other friends but the mountains.”  The Kurds have been remarkable allies of the United States against ISIS. They were there\, many time without any US or foreign backup\, killing and dying ISIS members in order to defeat the Islamic States. When Mark Sykes and  Charles Georges Picot prepared a draft agreement after World War I\, preparing borders for new states\, there was no attention given to minority groups\, such as the Kurds. When the war against ISIS was fully waging\, EMET worked very closely with the Kurdish people\, from 2016 on\, representing the Syrian Democratic Forces or the noble and courageous Peshmerga. \nToday\, we are looking at a new Syria\, where a former member of the Sunni jihadist group\, Hay ‘at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is ruling the country. Ahmad al-Sharaa\, or Mahammed al-Julani is determined to set an authoritarian\, Sunni Islamist regime in all of Syria\, with the assistance of Turkey. . What does this mean for the beleaguered Kurdish forces\, as well as the Druzes and Alawites and the Christians. What does this tell us abut the price of US alliance and friendship? \nDiliman Abdulkader is the Director of the American Friends of Kurdistan. He will answer why our envoy\, Thomas Barrack and  President  Donald Trump have “turned a blind eye” to Ahmad al-Sharaa’s swift takeover of the Kurdish controlled region of northwestern Syria\, and what is portend for the future of minorities throughout the Middle East\, as well as of the cost of being loyal to the United States. \nAbout our speaker: Diliman Abdulkader is the founder of American Friends of Kurdistan (AFK)\, an advocacy and education organization established to strengthen\, protect\, and promote U.S.-Kurdish relations. AFK supports policies that advance the national security and prosperity of Americans\, Kurds\, and our other allies. Diliman comes from a foreign policy and national security background\, where he invests his time on Capitol Hill educating lawmakers and staffers about the plight of the Kurds. Diliman received his M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University in Washington\, D.C.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/the-tragic-plight-of-the-kurds/
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