Category: Iran
Interview: Trump’s latest threat against Iran
KTVU Fox 2, Bay Area TV affiliate, May 20, 2026
On Iran, Trump Has Backed Himself — and Much of the World — Into a Corner
Truthout May 5, 2026: The same kind of US hubris that led to the tragic wars in Vietnam and Iraq is manifesting itself with Iran today. U.S. efforts to force an end to the stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz…
Interview: US action risks return to full-scale war
KTVU, Bay Area Fox 2, May 5, 2026, 5 min.
The Strait of Hormuz and War in Iran: A Film Screening and Discussion
At Resource Center for Nonviolence, May 8, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz: Film screening of “Plate It With Silver,” and discussion led by Stephen Zunes (USF) and Nidhi Mahajan (UCSC), on the current war and histories of trade across the…
Interview: IRGC Survives: Why The Iran War Has Backfired for Trump and Netanyahu
Fair Observer, April 24, 2026 (32 min.) with 20-second soundbite: “The origins of Hezbollah was the direct result of the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon in 1982. And here’s the irony, they’re saying, ‘We have to occupy southern Lebanon to…
Interview: Iran Peace Deal in Doubt as Trump Rejects Tehran’s 3 Key Conditions
Firstpost America, April 28, 2026 (from 5:00-9:00)
Interview: The Iran War Has No Clear Endgame
Fair Observer Talks April 24, 2026, 46 min. [Also
Interview: Operation Epstein Fury Part 11. A Neither Dead Nor Alive Ceasefire.
Wyoming Star, April 24, 2026: Zunes offered a bleak long‑view: “It’s hard to see an end to the conflict any time soon. Hopefully, both sides now recognize they cannot achieve their aims through full-scale war, but the positions of the…
Interview: How Hawkish Democrats, from Schumer to Harris, Paved the Way for War with Iran
DemocracyNow.org April 23, 2026 (14 min.)
Conversations on Iran & Israel negotiations with Robert Malley and Daniel Zougbhie
Panel Zunes hosted April 20. 2026 [1:16] with Robert Malley, a key figure in recent Democratic administrations in negotiations with Iran and with Israel & Palestine, and Daniel Zoughbie of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California-Berkeley.…
BBC Interview: Uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks
BBC April 21, 2026: Uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks.
Interview: Lebanon, Israel, ceasefire prospects
KPFA-FM, Pacifica Radio with Kris Welch, April 17, 2026 (begins at 15:35)
This Isn’t Just Trump’s War on Iran. Both Parties Paved the Way for Disaster
Truthout, April 17, 2026: Democrats share responsibility with the GOP for creating the climate that made such a war possible. Unlike the invasion of Iraq, which received the support of a sizable minority of congressional Democrats, Donald Trump’s war on…
Interview: Lebanon, Israel agree to 10-day ceasefire
KTVU Fox 2, Bay Area, April 16, 2026 (6 min.): As US-Iran double blockade of strait continues.
CNA Interview: US plans Hormuz blockade after Iran talks fail
CNA938 Rewind, Singapore, April 13, 2026 (15-min. audio): Analysis: President Trump orders a sweeping naval operation targeting the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks in Pakistan fail. The measure targets vessels transiting all Iranian ports along the Persian Gulf and…
Trump’s Disastrous War of Choice
The Progressive April 10, 2026: Whether, or not the ceasefire ends up failing, the erratic President has put the region and world in grave danger… [Audio transcripts; podcast]
Operation Epstein Fury Part 8. Is It Finally Over?
Zunes quoted in Wyoming Star, April 10, 2026, by Joe Yans: “Despite US and Israeli claims to the contrary, Pakistani mediators and others have confirmed that the agreement for a two-week halt to the fighting and the reopening of the…