Category: Iran
Interviews: US/Israeli war Iran & Yemen
KPFA-FM, Pacifica radio with Kris Welch, on the spreading Middle East war Oct. 16, 2026, 20-min. (starts at the 38:55) Also Sept. 18 on Yemen, (Starts at the 35:40) and how U.S. policy helped create this mess.
Interview: Houthis not simply Iran’s proxies, says analyst
Channel News Asia (CNA) Singapore, October 13, 2026, 8 mins.The Houthis are aligned with Iran, but they are not simply carrying out Tehran’s orders, says Stephen Zunes, professor of politics at the University of San Francisco. Speaking to CNA’s Asia…
Quoted re Iran & US violates agreement on leaders addressing UN
On the U.S. decision to violate its 1947 agreement with the United Nations to allow foreign leaders to address the world body; and on Iran’s threat to establish a broader restricted zone, further threatening international shipping.
Interviews: 4 on KPFA Pacifica Radio
* A primer on Yemen with history explaining how U.S. policy helped create this mess (20 mins. starts at the 35:40 with Kris Welch) * Israeli and U.S. denial of Israeli violations of the Genocide Treaty * U.S. rejection of…
Interviews: 4 on Yemen, US and Iran
Al Jazeera English, Sep. 2026: https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/ahns18lWQ4 https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/Kr35z52fgx https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/2rbWx1qU2B https://www.instagram.com/reel/DduJ-9QjeXw/
BBC Interview: Iran War Implications
BBC, September 3, 2026: implications of the escalating fighting between the United States and Iran.
Democratic Voters Say They Want Change but the Party Just Elevated More Hawks
Truthout, September 3, 2026: Party leaders are ignoring the three-quarters of registered Democrats who oppose providing military aid to Israel. House Democratic leadership has picked two prominent hawks to join the House Foreign Affairs Committee while also promoting an even…
Interviews, KPFA, Pacifica Radio, Bay Area
Iran War Update, September 4, 2026 (15 mins. starting at 1:24)Changing U.S. policy towards Israel/Palestine, August 28 (15 mins. starting at 1:25)Harsher U.S. sanctions on Iran & increasing settler violence in the occupied West Bank, August 25 (4-mins.)
Quoted: Operation Epstein Fury Part 17. Fronts of the Iran War.
Zunes is quoted at length on Iran War developments in the Wyoming Star News, Aug. 28, 2026.
Interview: Changing U.S. policy towards Israel/Palestine
KPFA-FM, Pacifica Radio, Bay Area, Aug. 28, 2026 (15-min, starting at 1:25:10)
4 Iran War Interviews on Al Jazeera
Source Links to these are no longer available. Al Jazeera, August 15, 2026: with Dr. Setareh Sadeqi, on Trump’s threats Al Jazeera, August 15, 2026: Trump said he’ll declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory Al Jazeera, August 15,…
Interview: Gaza peace plan: Netanyahu may use rejection to his political advantage, says analyst
CNA/Channel News Asia, Singapore television, August 10, 2026: Zunes’s analysis on Netanyahu’s rejection of the Trump-backed “peace plan” for Gaza on a Singapore news program this morning.
Interview: US-Iran War Updates
KPFA-FM News August 9, 2026, on the latest regarding the U.S. and Iran.
US War on ICC Isn’t New, Isn’t Just Coming From GOP, and Isn’t Just About Israel
Truthout August 7, 2026, by Stephen Zunes: This is a disingenuous bipartisan effort to discredit the ICC and international humanitarian law as a whole. [Transcript & 15-min. audio podcast]
Interviews, KTVU, on the Iran War
Here are a series of interviews from recent weeks on KTVU, television news in the San Francisco Bay area:July 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PQ9kl7MzpgJuly 10: https://bit.ly/4fWeQn1July 11: https://bit.ly/3U2IujfAugust 4: https://bit.ly/4wXaiUI
Interview: US-Iran Cyber War? Why Trump’s Water Systems Are Under Tehran’s Threat
Firstpost America | N18G, August 1, 2026 (8 Mins.)
Interview: US Casualty Figures Keep Fluctuating in War with Iran
Inter Press Service (IPS), July 31, 2026: Zunes told IPS many thousands of Iranians, Lebanese, and others have been killed as a result of the U.S. war on Iran but Americans–as in previous wars–tend to focus on U.S. casualties. Though…
Interview: Latest developments re US role in the Middle East
KPFA, Pacifica Radio, Bay Area, July 31, 2026 (Zunes begins at 35:35)