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Journalist. https://borzou.substack.com

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Iran’s Kurdish Rebels Can’t Topple The Regime But they can ignite civil unrest, ethnic warfare, and regional chaos, which may be the point

The US wants to use Iranian Kurds to topple the Tehran regime. Here’s why it won’t work. open.substack.com/pub/borzou/p...

06.03.2026 06:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Dishonorable Attack, Inevitable Blowback Hegseth called sinking of the Iranian ship a ‘win.’ It may lead to Ameican losses.

Only 32 out of 180 crew aboard have been rescued. They were fathers, brothers, sons. Some weren’t even fighters. They were musicians for the Iranian Navy band.

borzou.substack.com/p/dishonorab...

04.03.2026 22:10 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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An update on ongoing strikes in the Middle East

The Middle East is aflame, from Tehran to Tel Aviv, and regional countries are being drawn in. Hear me discuss on @news.rte.ie open.spotify.com/episode/36wD...

02.03.2026 19:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Khamenei is dead. Could Trump take the win and end the war quickly? Me on News X

01.03.2026 21:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Khamenei Got The Martyr’s Death He Sought The killing of Iran’s supreme leader will do little to help US and Israeli war plans

I would have liked to have seen Khamenei stand trial for his many crimes, and be interviewed about his actions and his state of mind in the cold dark jail prison where he would spend his last days. I resent that he was awarded a hero’s death. He didn’t deserve it. borzou.substack.com/p/khamenei-g...

01.03.2026 19:53 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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War Without Precedent Watch now | Iran and the US have never directly faced off against countries so powerful

“The US has never been in a head-on war with a country of Iran’s population, size, and industrial power. Iran has never faced off against adversaries as powerful and determined to do maximum damage as the US and Israel." open.substack.com/pub/borzou/p...

28.02.2026 15:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A war of the Epstein class, by the Epstein class, for the Epstein class

28.02.2026 09:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran Risks War For ‘Hollow’ Nuclear Program The enrichment program flopped. Maybe Tehran should give it up and focus on missiles and the economy

Maybe Iran should accept the US terms. It was Iran’s arsenal of missiles that ultimately served as a deterrent during the 12-day war. It was the barrage of rockets and drones that hit Tel Aviv prompting Israel to ask the US to put an end to the conflict. The nucelar program ultimately did nothing.

26.02.2026 22:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ukraine war turned 4 years old this week. It has receded into the background, even as the carnage continues. Anton Shekhovtsov is a Ukrainian scholar at Central European University. He joins me for an interview about the state of the war & its worldwide implications open.substack.com/pub/borzou/p...

25.02.2026 17:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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An Iran War In Search Of A Strategy Even some Iran war hawks are perplexed by the Trump administration’s plans

The US has a vast armada of ships and planes amassed around Iran. But to what end? Will a US and Israeli war against Iran lead to democracy? Destroy its nuclear program? Make Americans safer? And what will be the ultimate consequences for the region and for Iran? substack.com/@borzoudarag...

24.02.2026 14:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This Snippet Could Waylay US Mideast Plans Ambassador Huckabee said he’s cool with a "Greater Israel." The rest of the region is not.

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee says he’s cool with a Greater Israel stretching from Iraq to Egypt. The rest of the Middle East? Not so much. open.substack.com/pub/borzou/p...

23.02.2026 22:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“None of this makes military strategic sense.”

@borzou.bsky.social criticizes the Trump administration’s approach to #Iran on #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BlCM

23.02.2026 21:03 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Why bomb Iran? Why do it now?
Monday #F24Debate sizes up reasoning for eventual U.S. strikes

23.02.2026 10:52 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Iran Won’t Buckle To US Demands “The Art of the Deal” can’t replace diplomatic know-how

Cuba never buckled. Nor did Vietnam. Venezuela required military intervention. Iran also won’t “capitulate.” Indeed no country really gives in to gunboat diplomacy.
substack.com/@borzoudarag...

22.02.2026 22:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“It’s like the Jamaican bobsled team movie, except instead of a plucky band of outsiders doing their best, it’s a scheming gang of well-funded insiders lying, cheating, and pressuring others into betrayal.”

22.02.2026 19:22 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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This Is How Iran Is Preparing To Fight The US American capabilities tower over Iran, but Tehran may have a chance to do serious harm

War is the glue that holds the Islamic Republic together. It was the trauma and agony of the 1980s Iran-Iraq war that wedded the clerical regime to a significant portion of the Iranian people. The deprivations of that conflict shaped an entire generation. borzou.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...

21.02.2026 23:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office Former prince arrested at Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, on Thursday

In the UK, the government is arresting Epstein’s clique

In the US, the government is Epstein’s clique

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

19.02.2026 12:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is how the Biden administration should have dealt with Trump after Jan. 6

19.02.2026 08:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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An Iran War Won’t Save Trump From Epstein Files Both Tehran and Washington using diplomacy as a cover to prepare for an armed conflict

As war between Iran and the US approaches, both sides are preparing militarily. substack.com/@borzoudarag...

19.02.2026 08:32 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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A war won’t cover up the #EpsteinFiles

@borzou.bsky.social warns against any attempt to deflect attention from Trump’s #Epstein ties on #F24Spotlight

17.02.2026 21:05 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Does The NY Times Have An Epstein Problem? Its coverage of the files, combined with suggestive references in the document trove, raise questions that merit scrutiny

“Even the hint that the family overseeing America’s most important newspaper could be implicated in a scandal involving sex crimes and intelligence services raises concerns.”

Read here open.substack.com/pub/borzou/p...

17.02.2026 18:36 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Longtime civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84 The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.

BREAKING NEWS: The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.

17.02.2026 10:40 👍 788 🔁 289 💬 30 📌 52
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How The Saudi-UAE Bromance Soured Expert Cinzia Bianco discusses the factors that led to the spectacular breakup between the two Arabian Peninsula powerhouses, with Saudi asserting its dominance

Just a few years ago Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were not just partners but allies. That has ended. Gulf specialist Cianza Bianco discusses what happened. open.substack.com/pub/borzou/p...

16.02.2026 22:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Your Podcast Leaches Off My News Outlet Newsrooms face a new round of cuts. Here’s why even edgy outsiders neeed the MSM.

Read Borzou’s piece “Your Podcast Leaches Off My News Outlet”: borzou.substack.com/p/your-podca...

10.02.2026 14:54 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Your Noble Protests Justify Their Cynical War US appears ready to exploit Iranians’ demands for change to gain security advantages for itself and Israel

The US appears ready to exploit Iranians’ demands for change to gain security advantages for itself and Israel

borzou.substack.com/p/your-noble...

15.02.2026 21:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Washington is effectively using popular Diaspora opposition to the regime and the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations as a fig leaf for its cynical hard-power goals x.com/borzou/statu...

15.02.2026 19:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lawyers, Guns, Money: Epstein’s Libya Adventure Jeffrey Epstein’s associates were scheming to profit off post-revolutionary Libya. Players in this tale included Mossad, the UAE, and (the former) Prince Andrew.

Epstein and associates were working behind the scenes to score financial deals during Libya’s 2011 uprising. There are references to intelligence services and operations, a secret trip possibly involving State Department, even a possible Prince Andrew connection. open.substack.com/pub/borzou/p...

10.02.2026 21:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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E235 - The Decline of Newsrooms w/ @borzou.bsky.social

Journalist Borzou Dargahi is on the show to talk about the end of the international desk, tech, and all that is currently hollowing out newsrooms.

Link in the replies.

10.02.2026 14:54 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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WATCH — @patryanforcongress : “DHS and ICE are attempting to build a national network of warehouses for mass detention… 80,000 at a time… tens of billions of dollars… Trump’s multi-billionaire donors will benefit…”

07.02.2026 04:19 👍 1329 🔁 758 💬 102 📌 61

“It would not be too cynical to think that the US doesn’t really care about the Iranian people. It is just using the moment of the regime’s weakness to extract the concessions for its own and Israel’s security that it has long sought.”

06.02.2026 16:53 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0