Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons | Lex Fridman Podcast #334

Abbas Amanat is a historian at Yale specializing in the modern history of Iran. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Henson Shaving: and use code LEX to get 100 free blades with your razor - InsideTracker: to get 20% off - Onnit: to get up to 10% off - ExpressVPN: to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Abbas’s Website: Abbas’s Books: 1. Iran: 2. Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi’ism: PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: Full episodes playlist: Clips playlist: OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:58 - Mahsa Amini protests in Iran 19:15 - Propaganda 36:54 - Iranian culture 53:43 - Violent suppression of protests 1:15:11 - Islamic Revolution 1:32:54 - CIA in Iran 1:49:10 - Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini 2:20:07 - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei 2:28:02 - Nuclear weapons 2:36:18 - Israel 2:50:58 - Putin 2:58:31 - Future of Iran SOCIAL: - Twitter: - LinkedIn: - Facebook: - Instagram: - Medium: @lexfridman - Reddit: - Support on Patreon: