The Story Behind Iran's Assets - Podcast

Iran is a highly stressed country, and an overwhelming majority of Iranians detest the regime, according to several polls and surveys (some by the regime). At the moment, thousands of teachers are protesting the arrest of seven leaders of their organization, women's protests are commonplace, and workers are on strike, having failed to be paid for several months.

From time to time the contempt of the people has erupted into open revolt, most notably in mid-summer, 2009. Yet no Western leader has supported them in any way. Since Western interests would be substantially advanced if Iran were a free country instead of a fanatical anti-Western theocratic dictatorship, is it time for the U.S. to support these people and openly work for democratic regime change in Iran?

Featuring:

• Dr. Michael Ledeen, Freedom Scholar, Foundation for Defense of Democracies 
• David B. Rivkin, Jr., Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP