Interview: Latest developments re US role in the Middle East
KPFA, Pacifica Radio, Bay Area, July 31, 2026 (Zunes begins at 35:35)
Category: Nuclear and Chemical Weapons
nuclear and chemical weapons
Interview: The Forever War with Iran Inflames other Regional Conflicts
WORT Radio, Madison, July 31, 2026: (53 mins.)
Interview: Operation Epstein Fury Part 15. Second Round. How and Why the MoU Died.
Wyoming Star, July 28, 2026: Zunes traced the roots of the current impasse back to Trump’s original strategic error: “Unlike the 2015 nuclear deal – which was extremely detailed, enforceable, and left no room for ambiguity – Trump’s Memorandum of…
Interview: Iran-US war can only resolve through negotiation, not military
Al Jazeera Media View July 26, 2026 (5 mins.): Reasons for hope, despite Israel and MOU ambiguity.
Interview: Attacking Iranian oil islands or nuclear sites & higher US casualties
Chanel8 English, Iraqi Kurdish news service, July 23, 2026:Operations such as seizing Iranian oil islands or raiding nuclear sites would likely result in “a large number of American casualties,” potentially triggering political backlash against the war [reel].
Book Review–America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region
Perspectives in Politics, June 26, 2026: of George Washington University Professor Marc Lynch’s excellent new book on U.S. Middle East Policy
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…
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.
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…
US Cannot ‘Win’ a War on Iran
The Progressive, April 3, 2026: U.S. and Israeli forces have targeted schools, hospitals, city parks, and cultural sites along with military and governmental facilities. This will likely lead to only greater resistance…
Interview: Iran War, US and popular resistance
Redneck Gone Green/David Cobb, March 16, 2026 [1 hour]: Iran, current US foreign policy, and criminalization of dissent.
Interview: The Latest on Iran
WPFW, DC, Make it Plain with Mark Thompson, March 10, 2026 (55-min.)
Zunes’s key articles on Iran 2011-2025
Two articles and an interview during the summer 2025 bombing of Iran:It’s Not About the BombMissed Opportunity on IranUpdates on the Iran-Israel War: Conversations with Leading Analysts Debunking Trump’s claim that Iranians were responsible for the deaths of thousands of…
Interview: The Iranian Protests Explained
Podcast (8-min.) & transcript Feb 07, 2026; By Daniel Falcone in Foreign Policy in Focus, January 28, 2026 Outside intervention will only undercut efforts by Iranians to transform their system. Zunes and historian Lawrence Davidson help unpack the protests and…
Interview: US threats could strengthen Iranian regime
CNA, Channel News Asia/Mediacorp, Singapore, Feb. 5, 2026, 10-mins.