Investigate Earth Conspiracy Podcast - Iran Uprising 2026, US Involvement & Tehran Crackdown Explained

Episode Date: January 12, 2026

Explore the 2026 Iran uprising, the massive nationwide protests triggered by deep economic collapse and rising public anger against the Islamic Republic, and learn why this movement has drawn global attention. We break down the violent Tehran crackdown, the internet blackout, and how Iranian security forces are responding amid reports of hundreds killed and thousands arrested. This episode also digs into the potential role of the United States, including diplomatic pressure, warnings from the Trump administration, and discussions in Washington about possible intervention military, cyber, or symbolic as tensions rise between Tehran, Washington, and allies. Understand the historic context of Iran’s government, the factions driving current events, and what could happen next in this critical geopolitical flashpoint. Tune in for a clear, in-depth analysis of what’s happening now and why it matters worldwide.

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Time is. Hello and welcome to Investigator of Podcast. I'm a host shot alongside my beautiful wife, Sherry. On tonight's episode, we're stepping into one of the most volatile moments in the Middle East and decades. Iran is facing growing unrest at home, open pressure abroad. and the world that's watching closely as the possibility of U.S. involvement edges closer to reality. This is a convergence of history, ideology, power, and people who are reaching a breaking point.

In this episode, we're laying out what this project's really about, what's happening on the ground inside of Iran right now, and why it matters far beyond its borders. We're also going to rewind and look at the history of Iran's government, how it transformed from a modernized nation into a rigid, theocratic regime, and how that transformation still shapes every decision being made today. If you want to understand where the uprising could lead, you have to understand how I ran got here in the first place. Guys, welcome to the show. It is January the 11th, 2026.

The name of this song is Show Me Life by Scene. And I had to redo this because I keep saying 2025, it is no longer 2025. Yeah, isn't it hard to get that out of your mind because you just want to say 2025 because you're so used to it. But it's 2026. It is. Yeah. I think also you just get in the habit of saying the date for every podcast. And so now it's really hard to get.

at 2025 out of my mind and go to 2026. But in 2026, we are yet again going to talk about a possible U.S. involvement in yet another foreign war. And I have been saying this for probably a year that I believe that United States will be pulled into a war in Iran. I think a large part of that because Israel seems like they want to go to war with Iran. Israel has continually claimed that Iran are some of the biggest terror funders in the Middle East to Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, you name it. And I actually do have some facts versus fiction on that. Are they an actual big funder of terror in the Middle East or are they not?

We also are going to talk about the history briefly of Iran. What did Iran used to be versus what it is now? Was there actually ever an intelligence operation that ever went down in Iran? What do you think, Sherry? I would think, yes. I'm sure there was some kind of coup or an overthrowment of a government or something. Yeah, for sure. And it seems like they always do their very best to make sure that people have this mass uprising and then the United States or whoever it is that wants to start or initiate or complete a coup to go in when the country is weak and then take over their country.

Obviously right now, the Iranian regime does not have a pro-Western leader in office. And that is a big problem to the West, as we saw with Ukraine. Now back in 2014 in the mating uprising where Ukraine did have a pro-Russian president in power, it was not long before the United States CIA sent their director over to Ukraine, and it was about two or three weeks later that you had the maiden uprising in 2014, which led to a overthrow of that president. He had to flee back to Russia. And then there was a pro-Western president installed.

And basically ever since then, that has been the case. Obviously, if you look at Vladimir Zelensky now during the Biden administration where Russia kept saying, look, you guys have to quit involving yourselves with Ukraine. You have to stop making these bio weapons labs in Ukraine. There was like 13 to 16 bio weapons labs. The United States admitted that. Likely, there was also United States weapons in Ukraine. And although the United States always told Russia in the world, we're not going to actually bring in Ukraine to NATO. Well, they didn't say that until Biden and Harris came in.

And then they just continually kept saying, yeah, I think we're going to bring in Ukraine to NATO. Yeah. And they kept saying it and saying it and saying it. And if not, they're going to bring them in the back door. And they kind of are in NATO, even though they're not like have it. They don't really have a signed contract, but they're still kind of in NATO. Yeah, for sure. No, they absolutely are.

And the United States and NATO was using Ukraine as kind of like you said, a back door into Russia to be on Russia's border. And we've had so many episodes on the Russia-Ukraine situation, especially with the coup and how all of that stuff went down. The fact that, you know what, a lot of people look at Russia and blame Russia for all of this. But look at the United States. What would the United States do if Russia moved into Mexico and started putting bio-weapons labs, probably weapons, also had all kinds of probably assets in Ukraine, just like Russia would have in Mexico if that was the case.

Same similar situation, actually. if you think back to the Russian missile crisis where Cuba was the big country at play there. Right. United States 100% did not want any involvement from Russia into Cuba because obviously I said our back door. A very similar situation happened with the Russia-Ukraine war. Unfortunately, though, the Biden and Harris administration, and I have to say both because both Kamala Harris and Joe Biden continually poke the bear of Russia, they continually said they were going to bring in Ukraine into NATO and they were going to do everything they could to,

you know, don't worry Ukraine. We'll make sure that, you know, over the next six months will bring you in, including when Russia kept threatening that we will invade Ukraine if you guys actually even think about bringing Ukraine into NATO. And then I think Russia started to realize it doesn't really matter if they bring Ukraine into NATO or not because the reality is that they're pretty much already NATO. So that's why Russia decided to invade Ukraine. Now, here we are in Iran, probably about seven months ago, the United States, on behalf of Donald Trump, bombed Iran's quote unquote nuclear facilities.

We pretty much knew that was coming because Israel kept saying, well, they have nuclear. They're a threat. They're funding all these terror groups. The United States then went and sent B2 bombers over. They bombed their nuclear facilities. I don't know for sure how much nuclear power or facilities they actually really had. But all of that was just a lead up to this. Yeah, and plus we did pull out of the nuclear deal with them where they were allowed to have this as long as we had inspectors come in and go and check things out.

But we pulled out and I think that's where part of the crisis has come from. Yeah, absolutely. Now, if you want to know what the actual official story is right now, according to mainstream media, I'm going to play this quick clip. It kind of describes as of one day ago what mainstream media is saying about the current Iran situation. But listen, we're going to break it down pretty deep. We're going to see if this uprising in Iran is all just the Iranian people that have finally had enough. There's no involvement anywhere outside of Iran.

It's just a bunch of people that somehow got together under a oppressive regime and decided that they were just going to go and tear down their country. Well, they're pissed off because of the economy too. Yeah. The economy, obviously last time you had mentioned, you know, the fact that the United States has tariffed Iran, but also at the same time, there's all of these ingredients to arrest. of how a coup should work. If you want a coup to happen as far as an outside agency, organization, or group of people, here are some of the ingredients in this recipe of how we can

overthrow a regime and then how we can then implement who we want into power. But here is the actual news piece about the Iran uprising. Listen. Welcome back. Iran is in a near total internet blackout amid widespread anti-government protests. Authorities cut off communication more than 36 hours ago, raising fears of a brutal crackdown to suppress dissent. The demonstrations have raged for nearly two weeks in more than 100 cities. You are seeing footage there from the capital to Iran, where some protesters chanted long-lived the Shah. They called for an end to the Islamic Republic and the return of the Shah's exiled son. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump issued another stark warning, threatening to hit Iran, quote, where it hurts. If it uses violence

against protesters. Iran's supreme leader has said Trump should focus on, quote, his own country. For more on what's taking place across Iran, I want to bring in our Paula Hancock's in Abu Dhabi. Paula, thanks to joining me again. President Trump is weighing in on the protests with a pretty strong warning to Iran's leaders there. What does that tell us about how the White House is viewing this moment? Well, Ben, it tells us the White House is watching what's happening in Iran very closely. It's not just the U.S. President, also the Secretary of State, others within the Trump administration who are commenting on this, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, saying that they stand with the protesters. And we have heard some fairly strong words from the U.S. president saying that the U.S. would step in if peaceful protesters were killed. Let's listen to what he has said just recently.

I just hope the protesters in Iran are going to be safe because that's a very dangerous place right now. And again, I tell the Iranian leaders, you better not start shooting because we'll start shooting too. Now, we know that there have been dozens of people killed at this point. The figures we have are from the Norway-based Iran human rights NGO. They say at least 45 killed. Eight children among that number and hundreds are injured. say, along with about 2,000 or more, that have been arrested. Now, CNN cannot independently verify these numbers,

but this is similar to what we are hearing from a number of rights groups inside the country. It does appear as though the protests have momentum, the fact that they are being held in every single province across Iran at this point. We've heard authorities say that they have sympathy for the economic concerns, which is what sparked these protests almost two weeks ago. ago now, but they are criticizing what they call rioters and foreign mercenaries, claiming that they are causing trouble. But what we are seeing on the ground are these increased calls, not just for economic justice, for better management of the country's economy, but also calling for

regime change, calling a chance like death to the dictator, wanting this Islamic regime to collapse. And we're also hearing those calls from outside of the country as well. Reza Pahlavi, for example, he is the eldest son of the late Shah, who was deposed back in 1979 when the Islamic Revolution took place. He is making very direct calls for nationwide action. Let's listen. And I want to stop for just a second, because obviously Iran, as she is saying, they are blaming foreign mercenaries, agitators, these provocative. which is who intelligence agencies use, you know, just like all of the Antifa stuff, all of the Black Lives Matter stuff, all of the riots and all the protests that we've had

inside of the United States are usually sparked by provocateurs. It's either from NGOs or intelligence agencies. They are very, very good at doing this. This is exactly what happened inside of Ukraine. And you have to think about it this way. You know, the Iranian regime is a very oppressive regime. We're not going to say they are not. and the reality of like a mass uprising like this to happen in a place like Iran is very unlikely

without some type of support from some government or intelligence agency. And so that is what Iran is already claiming is the reason why this uprising is happening. They are also going street to street and the Iranian regime and the military are trying to arrest and detain as many of the protesters as they can, especially people that are being reported because Iran also Sherry has their own intelligence units on the ground when all these protests are happening and they try to get there from what I've been reading the Iranian intelligence is trying to get there as the protests start early in the evening and the reason for this is they want to see who the ones are starting to burn things who are the ones that are breaking the

windows who are the ones that are overturning vehicles who are the ones that are trying to instigate you know a lot of the uprising in the various cities because if they can identify these people, they can capture these people and see, hey, who are you? Where are you from? Are you a part of an intelligence agency? Likely, they're probably going to be tortured for information. And that is what a lot of these protesters are going to face only because of the fact that likely a lot of the uprising and a lot of people inside of these crowds are provocateurs and likely connected to some type of intelligence agency, Western or Israel. And so that is what Iran is trying to do and figure out. Now, am I saying that the Iranian regime is a good regime?

Absolutely not. I think it's a very oppressive regime. I think it is a communist regime. But the reality also is that we kind of thought and knew this was coming. We knew somehow that there was going to be a situation to how the United States got involved in Iran because that's what Israel's been calling for for about a year now. Well, it's just crazy to me that all these protests going on. And yeah, it probably is a lot of people that are getting paid just like they do in America, but already 45 people have been killed in Iran. When we had protests like the summer of love, I think three people got killed altogether. They already have 45 people and dozens arrested, which tells me that this is definitely a more tyrannical government than America is. Because they're

going after people and they're not just arresting them. They're killing them. Yeah, no, no joke. I mean, I mean, there's no question that Iran's government and regime is far different than the United States. I mean, there's zero question about that. And there's a lot of actual countries in the Middle East that are very similar. You know, the United States, we have a free country, supposedly free, even though I don't think we're that free. But we are one of the freest countries in the world.

And there's a reason why so many people want to live inside of the United States because the things that we are afforded, whether or not we're actually free or not, is far better than many countries around the world and especially in the Middle East. In some parts of that is because of the religion in the Middle East, you know, Islam and the Muslim religion, the Muslim people, that's kind of always been a thing over there. You know, it's always been an oppressive, theocratic regime or nation set, at least for a very long time, there was a time, which we're going to talk about in just a bit. When it wasn't like that.

When it wasn't like that, there was a free people in Iran. A lot of people were happy. They were happy with their government. And even the women weren't oppressed like that years ago. And last year, 110 women were killed because of feminism. But that really wasn't the government doing it. It was more of families doing that and killing their own, which is crazy to me. Yeah.

Yeah, there was a time, like I said, in Iran that it was good. It was a duly elected government. And the people voted, you know, for these leaders in. And then something happened, which we'll talk about what happened. And a lot of what we're actually seeing today is not really. necessarily Iran's doing, it's actually outside intelligence that caused what is actually going on right now. I ask all of you, today and tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday, this time starting at 6 p.m.,

to come into the streets with flags, images, and national symbols, and to reclaim public spaces as your own. Our goal is no longer merely to come out into the streets. The goal is to prepare to seize city centers and hold them. Now, we have heard among some protests through images that have been posted on social media, chance that are pro-monarchy. But it is very difficult to gauge exactly what support Pahlavi, for example, does have still within Iran, and whether or not this is just a pocket or whether there are more that would want to see a return to the monarchy.

Now, we have also been seeing small pockets of pro-referpts of pro-referial. regime protests as well, a number of pro-government demonstrations that are being broadcast on Iranian state television press TV, for example. But it will be obviously very closely watched by those around the world, the coming days, and how these protests escalate, especially given there is that internet blockout in the country that started on Thursday night by authorities. There are great concerns that this could mean that a cracker. down by authorities on these protesters could become more brutal, Ben. And I want to stop for a second because what may also happen in Iran we get to think about

is a civil war. And when a civil war happens with people that are pro-regime versus anti-regime or those people that just are, you know, either being paid or the people that don't really necessarily have a say or the people that just really do hate the regime, there could be a civil war that happens leading up to an overthrow of this government. Now, as she said here, they did also black out the internet completely. And in large part, the reason why they're saying they blocked out the internet is because of the pro-West propaganda that is spreading like wildfire across Iran.

And a lot of people are saying, you know, they're holding signs about Trump. They're holding signs about all this stuff in Iran. And they're literally going to X and they're watching all of these videos. So if you guys go to X, at least for me, you know, over the past two, two or three days. All I see are videos and videos and videos that are anti-regime. That is all we see. What do the signs say about Trump? It's just Trump save us, Trump this, Trump that. But that's what I'm saying. Like on X, all you have is videos anti-regime and anti-Iran, anti-leader. And so likely what the the Supreme Leader and this regime is doing is trying to stop pro-Western propaganda to potentially

slow down the protest. Probably a lot of people in Iran are using VPNs to bypass or or linking up to a Starlink. I believe Elon Musk said that he has sent Starlink into Iran, which is kind of crazy. Like a Western billionaire that is connected with the U.S. government is now also, I believe, to be sending Starlink in to let people access the internet. Well, he's all about freedom of speech. That's for sure. No, he is. Absolutely. But, you know, the issue there is like for at least Iran, they're going to have a big problem combating the anti-Iranian regime and the Western propaganda, because that seems to be what is currently happening. All right.

So I do want to get into another video. This video talks about Iran pro-death death sentence to demonstrators as what I guess the Supreme Leader over there is saying that any demonstrators, there's a death sentence for you. That's at least what Western media is reporting, although we have not saw any of this on social media or any of the social media is that Iran government actually utilizes. They've not said this, but this is what Fox is starting to say. Here is the clip. Listen.

The latest on the protests in Iran that are now nearing two weeks, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Homini has signaled a major crackdown is coming despite serious warnings from President Trump. Iran's Attorney General warning today that anyone taking part in protests will be concerned. a, quote, enemy of God, which is punishable by death. And the AG adding, even those who, quote, helped rioters could be sentenced to death as well. Right now we know the regime has shut down internet in the country and cut off phone lines for folks living there. President Trump has put the Iranian regime on notice repeatedly saying that the U.S. could intervene and strike Iran if protesters continue to be killed. They've started shooting the hell out of people.

and all of a sudden people without any weapons whatsoever standing there and you have machine guns gunning them down, or they take them to prisons and then hang them and kill them. So they played rough, and I said, if they do that, we're going to hit them very hard. Well, we're going to hit them hard. If they do that, we're going to hit them hard. And so far, for the most part, there's been some of it, but for the most part, they haven't. And you were looking at some of the video there.

Now, we do have that statement that came in from Iran's Attorney General, this is just a portion of it, but it does say translated, prosecutors must carefully and without delay by issuing indictments, prepare the grounds for the trial and decisive confrontation with those who, by betraying the nation and creating insecurity, seek foreign domination over the country, proceedings must be conducted without leniency, compassion, or indulgence. All right, so that was Fox talking about the fact that the Iranian regime is calling for potentially death penalties to demonstrators or protesters.

And yes, that is very different than the United States as far as what the United States does to protesters unless there are certain situations. Now, I'm not saying the United States would necessarily kill someone for demonstrating. But as we saw during January 6th, there were a lot of people that were facing many years in prison because of the Insurrection Act, right? So they said, hey, these were people that were insurrectionist. These were people that were trying to overthrow the government, although that was not at all what was happening on January 6th at all.

But you do have certain laws in the United States that could lead to the death penalty, like treason. I mean, think back to Edward Snowden, the fact that he worked for the CIA. He then exposed the fact the CIA and intelligence agencies in the United States were actively spying on everyday Americans, on almost everything that you possibly have at your hands, I guess, your phone, your television, your Alexa, everything spies on you. And Edward Snowden knew this. because he was a code writer for a lot of the programs that the intelligence agencies used to spy on you.

But Edward Snowden fled to Russia because he felt like if he did get caught in the United States, he would likely be put to death for treason. And he would be. Yes. So there are laws and there are things in the United States to where you can absolutely get the death penalty if you go against your government. And it's not necessarily even for going and burning down cities or whatever the case is, but it is for things like treason. And if the United States felt like there was a coordinated,

effort of people that were actively trying to overthrow the government or create a coup to where the president of the United States or his cabinet were in danger, there is a good chance that if you got caught for that, you would be put to death. And so, although I think this is a little different because the Iranian regime is saying demonstrators in general could face the death penalty, although that's what's Fox saying. I don't know 100% if that's absolutely what the Iranian regime's saying. but let's get into a little bit of the history of Iran. In the heart of the Middle East lies a nation that has witnessed the rise and fall of

empires, the birth of religions, and the clash of civilizations for over two and a half millennia. Iran, known to the ancient world as Persia, stands as one of history's most fascinating and misunderstood countries. From the mighty Persian Empire that once stretched from India to Greece to the Islamic Republic that dominates headlines today, Iran's story is one of incredible transformation, cultural richness, and profound upheaval. But how did a nation that once epitomized tolerance and cultural diversity become a theocratic state where morality police patrol the streets? How did the land of Cyrus the Great, who authored the world's first charter of human rights,

evolve into a society where religious law governs every aspect of daily life. The answer lies in a complex tapestry of conquest, faith, foreign interference and revolution that spans centuries. To understand modern Iran, we must journey back to ancient Persia, where one of history's greatest empires emerged from the Iranian plateau. The Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BCE, was revolutionary not just in its size but in its approach to governance. Unlike other ancient empires that imposed their culture and religion on conquered peoples, the Persians practiced remarkable tolerance, allowing local customs and beliefs to flourish under their rule. The Persians were followers of Zoroastrianism, a religion that would profoundly influence the Abrahamic faiths that followed.

Zoroaster, the prophet who founded this faith, introduced revolutionary concepts that seem remarkably modern today, the struggle between good and evil, free will, divine judgment, heaven and hell, and the worship of a single creator god. These ideas would later find their way into Judaism, Christianity and Islam, making Zoroastrianism one of history's most influential religions, despite its relatively small number of followers today. For over a thousand years, various Persian dynasties ruled vast territories, creating a rich, cultural legacy that celebrated poetry, art, and learning. The Persian language became the lingua franca of much of the Islamic world, and Persian poets like Rumi and Hafez would later

achieve global recognition. This was a civilization that prized intellectual achievement and cultural sophistication, values that would endure even as political power shifted. Everything changed in the 7th century when Arab armies swept out of the Arab Peninsula, carrying with them a new faith called Islam. The conquest of Persia was swift and decisive, bringing an end to the Sassanid Empire and introducing a religion that would fundamentally reshape Iranian society. However, the Islamic conquest of Iran was not merely a military victory,

it was the beginning of a complex cultural synthesis that would define the region for centuries to come. Islam, meaning submission in Arabic, brought with it a comprehensive worldview that governed not just personal belief, but every aspect of social and political life. Unlike Christianity, which developed alongside secular Roman law, Islam emerged as both a religion and a legal system. The Quran, believed by Muslims to be the literal word of God,

provided the foundation for Islamic law, known as Sharia. This legal framework covered everything from worship and personal conduct to commerce and criminal justice. The Islamic concept of commanding right and forbidding wrong became central to Muslim society. This principle, drawn directly from the Quran, obligated believers to ensure moral behavior within their communities. It wasn't merely a personal responsibility, but a collective duty that would later provide the theological foundation for institutions like Iran's modern morality police. While Islam quickly became the dominant religion in Iran, the story took a dramatic time. turn in 1501, with the rise of the Safavid dynasty.

The Safavids made a decision that would forever alter Iran's place in the Islamic world. They declared Shia Islam the official state religion, enforcing it with remarkable severity. This was revolutionary. Shia Islam, which had developed around the belief that Ali, the Prophet Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, was his rightful successor, had been a persecuted minority sect throughout most of the Islamic world. The Safavids not only embraced Shiism, but imposed it on their subjects at the pain of death, requiring all Iranians to curse the early Sunni leaders. The transformation was profound and systematic. Shia clerics from across the Islamic world flocked

to Iran, seeing an opportunity to create their ideal Islamic state. These religious scholars, known as the Ulama, developed a symbiotic relationship with the Safavid rulers. The clerics provided religious legitimacy to the state, while the rulers elevated the ulama to positions of unprecedented power and social status. Under Safavid rule, the principle of taklid or religious imitation was instituted. This meant that ordinary Shias were expected to follow the guidance of high-ranking clerics in all matters of religious law. The clerics, in turn, began to regulate virtually every aspect of human life

from clothing and diet to commerce and personal relationships. Official orders went out to close taverns, ban music and dancing, segregate the sexes, and enforce Islamic dress codes. The Safavid experiment created something new in Islamic history, a stable, unified Shia state, where religious authority was deeply intertwined with political power. This model would lay the groundwork for what would eventually become the Islamic Republic of Iran. though that transformation was still centuries away. As the Islamic world grappled with the rise of European power in the 18th and 19th centuries,

Iran faced a crisis that would define its modern history. The once-mighty Persian Empire found itself technologically and militarily outmatched by European powers, particularly Britain and Russia, who began treating Iran as their personal playground. The Qajar dynasty, which ruled Iran from 1785 to 1920, presided over a period of national humiliation. Foreign powers carved up Iranian territory, controlled its resources, and manipulated its politics with impunity. The British established a monopoly over Iran's oil reserves, keeping the vast majority of profits for themselves while leaving Iran with a pittance. This experience of foreign exploitation would leave deep scars on the Iranian psyche

and fuel a nationalism that continues to influence Iranian politics today. In response to these challenges, Iranian intellectuals and reformers looked to the West for inspiration. The constitutional revolution of 1906 represented a remarkable attempt to modernize Iran through democratic reform. This peaceful revolution established Iran's first constitution, created a parliament called the Majlis, and attempted to limit the power of the monarchy while protecting individual rights. However, these democratic aspirations were repeatedly frustrated by far. and interference. Britain and Russia, fearing the loss of their influence, actively worked to undermine Iran's constitutional government. The discovery of oil in Iran only intensified foreign meddling,

as these resources became too valuable for outside powers to ignore. The failure of constitutional democracy paved the way for a different approach to modernization. In 1925, Reza Khan, a military officer, seized power and established the Palavi dynasty. Both he and his son, Muhammad Reza Shah, pursued a philosophy of secular nationalism, attempting to modernize Iran by force while suppressing both political opposition and religious influence. The Pahlavi's viewed Iran's Islamic identity as an obstacle to progress. They implemented sweeping secular reforms, including banning the hijab, granting women the right to vote, and reducing the power of the clerical establishment. These policies created a modernized Iranian society that many in the

West would recognize, with universities, a thriving film industry, contemporary music, and Western-style dress, particularly in urban areas. However, this modernization came at a tremendous cost. Both Pahlavi rulers governed as autocrats, using secret police to terrorize political opponents and suppressed dissent. The benefits of Iran's oil wealth were concentrated among the elite, while ordinary Iranians, particularly the urban poor and rural populations, saw little improvement in their lives. The situation was further complicated by Iran's relationship with the United States. Initially, many Iranians viewed America as a potential ally that might help them escape British and Russian domination. However, this hope was shattered in 1953, when the CIA,

working with British intelligence, orchestrated a coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohamed Mossadegh and installed the Shah as an absolute monarch. This coup, known as Operation Ajax, was motivated by Mossadegh's decision to nationalize Iran's oil industry, threatening Western economic interests. The success of the coup established the United States as the dominant foreign power in Iran and the primary target of Iranian anti-imperialist sentiment. The memory of this intervention would haunt U.S. Iran relations for decades to come. By the 1970s, growing opposition to the Shah's authoritarian rule created a revolutionary situation.

Critics accused the regime of being a puppet of Western powers and of abandoning Iran's Islamic identity in favor of foreign values. A term emerged to describe this perceived contamination. Westoxication, the idea that Iran had been poisoned by Western influence. At the forefront of this opposition stood Ayatollah Ruhola Khomeini, a charismatic. I want to stop for a second because I want to talk about Operation Ajax, because many people believe this is what changed the Middle East forever. It was the CIA MI6 coup that if you want to start to understand how U.S. and Middle East relations have gotten so bad, why we have constantly, it seems like, been at

war with the Middle East, why the Middle East and many people in the Middle East actually hate America in the West and Britain and Europe, you might want to start with Operation Ajax. So it was a covert U.S. CIA and British MI6 operation in 1953 that overthrew Iran's democratically elected prime minister and reinstalled absolute power to Shah Muhammad Reza Palavi. It's one of the most consequential covert operations of modern history and is directly tied to the rise of Iranian anti-American sentiment, the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and the creation of today's U.S. Iran hostility. So the coup happened basically because of oil, not freedom.

Iran's oil was controlled by the British-owned Anglo-Iranian oil company, now BP. Iran received tiny royalties while Britain reaped enormous profits. So then Masadi moved to nationalize Iran's oil so Iranians would control their own resources. So Britain responded with economic warfare, global oil embargoes, legal attacks, and when Britain failed to stop him alone, they turned to the United States. Then Cold Warfare as covered. The U.S. framed Masadi as a potential communist ally, even though he was a secular nationalist, he opposed the Soviet Union and he was democratically elected. But Cold War paranoia made the claim effective in Washington, and President Eisenhower approved the operation. So here's who essentially ran the coup.

The CIA MI6, Phil Commander Kermit Roosevelt Jr., grandson of Theodore Roosevelt at the time. Roosevelt personally ran the operation inside of Tehran. And so this is kind of how it worked. Propaganda and psychological warfare. The CIA paid Iranian newspapers to attack Mossadee, spread fake stories claiming that he was anti-Islam, and manufactured fear that he would abolish religion. They also paid clerics to turn sermons against him. Then they also paid riots and false flags.

CIA agents paid mobs to riot, paid other mobs to pose as Masadi supporters and vandalized mosque, created chaos so it looked like Iran was collapsing. And this was all part of this deliberate destabilization. And then you think about the military bribes. Iranian generals and officers were paid off. Loyalty was bought and not earned. And then you think about the fake legal authority. The Shah fled Iran initially. the CIA forged and promoted decrees claiming that Masadi was dismissed that the Shah was legally restored, even though the Shah had no constitutional authority to do so.

So on August 19, 1953, tanks rolled into Tehran, Mossadee was arrested, his home was destroyed, his supporters were hunted, and the Shah returned days later as the absolute ruler. So here's what happened to Masadi. He was tried for treason, sentenced to the house arrest for the rest of his life, and he died under confinement in 1967. Iran lost this democratic path. Now, here's what happened after the coup. The Shah's police state. The Shah created Savak, a secret police force trained by the CIA and Mossad. Savik used to torture, disappearances, surveillance, they did at all.

And opposition was crushed 25 years for basically 25 years. Now, the blowback, the anger didn't disappear at fermented. By 1979, the Shah was overthrown. The Islamic Republic was born. The U.S. embassy was seized. and hostility became permanent. The revolution was led by Ayatollah Rahola Kalamini, who reportedly cited in 1953, as proof that the West would never allow Iranian sovereignty.

Now, the CIA even admits this. In 2013, the CIA officially declassified documents admitting that the U.S. planned, funded, and executed the coup, propaganda and mob violence were intentional, democracy was sacrificed for control, and the British government has never formally apologized. So everything people ask about Iran traces back here. Why do Iranians chant death to America? Why don't they trust Western promises? Why is the regime obsessed with sovereignty?

Operation Ajax taught Iran one very important lesson. It was that democracy is allowed only when it aligns with Western interest. Yeah, and their interest was their oil. And that was what the whole world's interest was in Iran was their oil. And that's why they got such a hard, you know, they were in such a hard place because everybody won their oil. Yeah, but look at, you know, even Venezuela. Yeah, exactly.

The United States just took over Venezuela. Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing. The same thing is kind of happening in Venezuela. Yes. And so, you know, just to kind of sum it up, I mean, Operation Ajax was essentially the moment Iran learned that the elections, national sovereignty, independence meant nothing if they threatened Western economic power. And so those consequences still define global geopolitics today.

And I believe 100% that we're looking at the very same thing. look at this uprising. Look at what's happening in Iran right now. They are literally taking a page out of the declassified playbook of Operation Ajax and they're saying, we're going to do the same thing again. But we're going to also use Israel again because Mossad and CIA both did this in Iran in 1953 to overthrow and Russia and Russia and Russia to overthrow the democratically elected government at that time, which is the people elected this government. And what you have to understand is that Iran is a Muslim nation.

They are Islam. I mean, a lot of that is what they believe. And so this government in 1953 and prior to this, it was duly elected. This was what the people wanted. And the United States and Britain realized that, hey, they got oil. We want it. And we have to figure out a way to take that oil. And the only way we're going to do that is to install a pro-Western leadership.

Right. Or at least someone that we control and have complete control over. Otherwise, we're screwed. Yeah. And we would think that it would be good because the Shah was modernizing Iran and letting like women not have to wear the Habibs or whatever they're called. Hajjabs or whatever they are. And not enforcing dress codes and religion so much.

But I think the people of Iran, they really wanted that religious code. Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, I don't know if they wanted it or not. I mean, you know, it is part of their religion. It is a major part of the Islam religion. And so, you know, when, when Western politics get involved in another nation, especially in the Middle East, where they're very strict on a lot of this stuff that they're a part of, you know, everything we're seeing on mainstream media and social media right now is like, we must free the people of Iran. I mean, they did the exact same shit back in 1953. It was the exact same playbook.

I don't even understand how people are confused about this. I really don't. But I'm going to play to rest of this video and then we're going to get to something else. dramatic cleric who had been exiled by the Shah for his opposition to pro-American policies. From his exile in France, Khomeini developed a revolutionary ideology that would transform both Iran and Shia Islam. In his influential work, Islamic government, Khomeini argued that Islamic societies must be governed by Islamic law and that this law should be interpreted and enforced by qualified religious scholars. This was a radical departure from traditional Shia theology.

which held that legitimate Islamic government could only be established by the hidden Imam, a messianic figure who would return at the end of times. Khomeini argued that in the absence of the Imam, the religious scholars, particularly the most learned among them, had both the right and the duty to govern Islamic societies. Khomeini's message resonated with diverse groups of Iranians who shared little beyond their opposition to the Shah. Leftist students attracted by his anti-imperialist rhetoric, traditional bizarre merchants concerned about foreign economic penetration,

and ordinary Iranians frustrated by corruption and repression, all found something appealing in Khomeini's call for revolution. When the Shah fled Iran in January 1979, millions of Iranians poured into the streets to welcome Khomeini's return. However, the revolution's ultimate direction remained unclear. Various factions competed for power, including secular Democrats, leftist revolutionaries, and Islamic fundamentalists. For a brief moment, it seemed possible that Iran might establish a democratic government

that balanced religious and secular elements. This possibility vanished when Iranian revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in November 1979, taking its staff hostage. Khomeini's decision to support this action, while popular with his revolutionary base, isolated Iran internationally and allowed him to consolidate power by eliminating more moderate voices within the revolutionary coalition. The Constitution of the Islamic Republic ratified in 1979 created a unique system of government that combined democratic and theocratic elements. While Iranians could vote for

presidents and parliament members, ultimate authority rested with the Supreme Leader, a position designed specifically for Khomeini. The Supreme Leader controls the military, intelligence services and judiciary, while a body called the Guardian Council screens candidates for elected office and can veto legislation deemed incompatible with Islamic law. This system institutionalized the enforcement of Islamic morality on a scale unprecedented in Iranian history. The Constitution explicitly mandates that the government promote virtue and prohibit vice using the same Quranic language that had justified moral regulation under the Safavid centuries earlier. However, the modern Iranian state possessed surveillance and enforcement capabilities

that earlier dynasties could never have imagined. The establishment of the Islamic Republic brought dramatic changes to Iranian society. Political executions skyrocketed as the new regime eliminated those it deemed counter-revolutionary. Independent newspapers were closed. The education system was Islamicized and militia. groups enforced religious law in the streets. Women, who had gained significant rights under the Pilavis, found themselves subject to new restrictions, including mandatory hijab wearing and limitations on their ability to work, travel, and participate in public life. These policies sparked a massive

exodus of Iran's educated middle class, brain drain that continues to affect the country today. Those who remained faced a society where religious law governed personal behavior and political dissent was equated with heresy. The morality police, formerly known as the Gashd Eirchad, became the visible symbol of this new order, patrolling the streets to ensure compliance with Islamic dress codes and behavior. The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, helped consolidate the new regime by rallying Iranians around the flag, but it also entrenched the system's authoritarian tendencies. The war's end brought new challenges as reformist politicians attempted to liberalize the system, only to be blocked by conservative forces loyal to the supreme leader.

Today, more than four decades after the Islamic Revolution, Iran remains a nation caught between competing visions of its identity and future. The death of Marza Amini in police custody in 2022 sparked nationwide protests, that revealed the depth of popular frustration with the current system, particularly among younger Iranians who have known only life under the Islamic Republic. These protests raised fundamental questions that have haunted Iran throughout its modern history. What is the proper relationship between religion and politics? Can Islamic societies embrace both faith and freedom?

How can Iran honor its rich cultural heritage while adapting to the modern world? Is peaceful reform possible or will change only come through another revolution? The story of how Iran became a theocracy is ultimately a story about the complex relationship between power, faith and identity in the modern world. It demonstrates how historical grievances, foreign interference and religious ideology can combine to create political systems that their own citizens may eventually reject. As Iran continues to grapple with these fundamental questions, its future remains as uncertain and fascinating as its remarkable past.

From the tolerant empire of Cyrus the Great to the morality police of today, Iran's journey illustrates both the potential and the perils of attempting to create a perfect society based on religious principles. There is basically the entire history of Iran. And they really do have a morality police that are policing the streets constantly to making sure that women have the cloth over their head or whatever and making sure people are dressing appropriately. Yeah. But I mean, I think this goes back to, unfortunately, that yet foreign involvement is what literally led to the way the Iran is today.

And in some parts, you can't blame how it turned out. Because if you think about foreign involvement in a nation that is, you know, very, I guess, stuck in their religious beliefs, just like, you know, many Christians. will say the same thing about the West. You look at Iran and you have the UK and the United States that gets involved. They literally tamper with every single part of the Iranian government, even when it was good. I mean, they did this when the Iranian government was good. It was working.

It was a free people. Because they wanted oil. Yeah. But that led to what Iran is today. It's not necessarily like if the United States and Britain would have stayed the hell out of Iran and Russia. It was mostly Britain. and then they got brought in the united states russia was not that involved in any of that stuff there were there was uh some talk about russia potentially being involved but most everyone

believes that it was the it was britain and it was the united states britain only after they realized they needed the united states help the united states came in the united States and Mossad then also worked inside of Iran. And that's what led to how bad Iran is today. If you see Iran is bad and if the people are protesting an uprising against their government, I, number one, think that what's happening right now and today is the exact replica of Operation Ajax. I think it's almost no different.

But I still think what's going on today is more of an economic crisis. And these people are having a hard time living right now. and they can't afford to live because they're in depression. Yeah, but you're saying economic crisis like the United States doesn't have anything to do with that either. But on the past few episodes, you've talked about the tariffs. Yeah, well, sanctions too. And sanctions and everything else. I mean, and the large part of this was because Israel brought in the United States and said,

hey, they're funding the Houthis and Amos and Hezbollah, although I don't know for sure. Syria and Iraqi Shiites and all them. I mean, they're funding all these proxy wars and they're taking. taking all the money from their people. Yes. It's yet again some way involving the United States of America. And yet again, the United States is about to be involved and yet again another overthrow of another Iranian regime.

I mean, this is what I'm saying. Like the people that watch mainstream media, they watch social media, they see all these videos and these posts for especially on the right. The right is really pushing this. I mean, for example, Lindsey Graham, our South Carolina state senator just this year has had one post about the state of South Carolina and yet has had dozens of post about Iran. And it's because all of the Republicans right now are pushing these warhawks. They're pushing for the United States to get involved in Iran because that's just going

to be more money for these politicians that are pushing wars so that the military industrial complex makes another multi-billions of dollars over the next, I don't know, six months or however long the Iran thing takes place. What this tells me and what we talked about in the middle of that clip is that the the United States and the UK predominantly or Britain was a huge reason why Iran is the way it is today. They wanted oil, but also Iran wanted to nationalize their oil. They did not want to be a sucker for the United States and Britain.

They did not want United States and Britain to steal all their oil where they were just taking pennies. And that's what created that original coup, that uprising. Yes, I agree. And so that's exactly what I believe is happening. happening today. The only difference here is, is that I'm not necessarily saying at all that Iran is not funding terror groups like the Hamas and Houthis and Hezbollah, because there is at least proof from the United States Treasury. They say proof. They say that they actually have wires from Iran into

some of these terror groups to where they are funding these groups to carry out their attacks or do whatever they do on behalf of the Islamic regime. Yeah, but they're funding like they're acting like they're America, that they have this huge economy and they don't. They're taking the money from the people of Iran and giving it to these proxy wars and these people are left with nothing. And that's why they're out there in the streets. Yes, I get there are people that are paid to go out there and provoke people, but also they're having a very difficult time right now in Iran. In that sense, what you're saying, though, in that sense, the United States is doing the exact same thing that when the United States sends billions of dollars all around the world, and yet we don't

give a damn about our homeless people. We don't give a damn about anybody that is mentally screwed up. There's still a massive problem with people that are underserved by the government. There's still a massive problem with many communities across the country that are dying because they have no money. The government is not helping them the way they should. I agree. We have so many issues in the United States.

And so when we look at Iran and we look at Iran and we look at. at Venezuela, like the United States is saying, oh, well, Venezuela's taking the oil and they're not giving any money to the people. Well, neither is the United States. I mean, United States has a small percentage of elites that make the most amount of money. And they make all that money based on the not only taxpayer dollars that they are bundling back into their own pockets. That's what politicians do nowadays. Yeah, absolutely. Look at Minnesota. Look at California. I mean, California is one of the most taxed states. It is the most expensive state to live in. but it has the highest population of homeless.

It has the highest population of people on welfare. It has the highest population of people that are struggling every single day to put food on a table to provide for their kids, which is why you have a lot of these inner cities, including Chicago and Illinois, a lot of these Democrat-led states and cities to where there are kids that are joining gangs because they have no fathers in the house because that's what the intelligence agencies wanted. They didn't want fathers in the house. They wanted to control that minority of the population of people.

And so when we look at countries like Iran and we say, well, they're taking this amount of money and they're not helping their people. In a lot of ways, Iran is not actually that bad off as far as their economy or hasn't been anyway until recently. Well, the last 12 years, 12 years. Yeah, but when you think about the tariffs, you think about all this stuff. But it's not any different than a lot of countries around the world. The problem is that the reason why Iran is in the situation they are in today, in large part, is because of four. foreign involvement. That is what literally destroyed that they're the or close to democracy. They're close to democratically elected government to where they had a system that was working.

The United States and Britain did not want that system because that system started to vote for, hey, let's nationalize our oil. Let's nationalize and keep away the Western influence on our economy. Let's do what is best for us. And so they started doing that and Britain looks at them like, oh, hell no, you got a lot of oil. We want the money. And the United States was like, yeah, we also want the money. So we're going to help you with this. Yeah, the U.S. pretty much screwed them. Yeah, they did.

I mean, for sure. Britain did it and we're doing it right now. So all of these videos, everything on mainstream media, where they're saying, oh, yeah, Iran is the people are finally uprising and we got to free the people, all these people that care so much about the Iranian people, although like, you know, I don't know, like a week ago, America, it was okay to hate Muslims, actually. And now all of a sudden we care so much about Muslims that we want to. want to go into war with Iran and we want to bomb Iran and we want to do all these things because

we care so much about the Muslims. But literally two weeks ago, we hated Muslims. That was like the thing. And then now it's like, oh, wait, we don't hate Muslims. We love Iranian people. We love them more than anything in the world. And we just want to see them free. That's a bunch of horseshit.

Yeah, but the key point here, Chad, is we're talking about governments versus people. And the governments are the ones that do the action. And the people are the ones that, I guess, get the recourse. No, they're the ones that follow. They're the sheep. And that's everywhere in any country you go to. There's always a government that is the hierarchy. And then the people that have to basically fund the governments to do what they want.

I'm just saying that this whole revolt thing, if you believe what you see on mainstream media, if you believe what you see on social media, then I don't know what to tell you. Because this, I mean, they are using social media and mainstream media now like they've never used. used it before. And all of this like, oh, yeah, for the people Iran and anti-government and anti-regime, and we've got to do something to save the people I've ever ran. It's a bunch of bullshit. And I got a quick clip here from Owen Schoyer. And he's talking about why is the American right spreading foreign war propaganda? And I think this is a good video. I think he explains it similarly to how I'm trying to explain it now. Here you go. All right, guys. So for the second straight week now, the American right has been complicit in spreading foreign propaganda.

What am I talking about? Well, remember when they were all sharing that video from Venezuela of people celebrating in the streets, the capture of Maduro? Of course, we found out that they were sharing videos of Chile. They were sharing videos from Florida. They were sharing year-old videos, years-old videos. They were sharing videos from outside of soccer games. None of them were actually from Venezuela.

they were quite literally spreading foreign war propaganda. These got hundreds of millions of views, and not a single person on the right that shared these videos that I saw ever retracted them, ever apologized, never even deleted them. They're still sitting out there. That just happened. Well, it just happened again this week. We saw most of the same people, a lot of the same characters, sharing a video. I'm sure you've seen it by now.

of the Iranian girl lighting a cigarette with a picture of Khamenei being burned. The only problem is this Iranian girl is actually Canadian. And that video was shot in Canada in 2022. It may also be worth mentioning that this girl describes herself as a radical feminist. So don't even get me started on the logical consistencies of that. So, oh, who's aligning with the left now? Here's my problem. The American right and the hypocrisy that they're engaging in right now, it's so bad. They know it's going to cost them. They know that this is why they're going to lose the midterms.

But they don't seem to care. They don't seem interested in changing this. So they're all doing it again with this Iranian girl. Nobody's deleting their videos, hundreds of millions of views. Nobody's admitting they got it wrong. And they're still spreading it. And then they'll say, so what? So you support the Iranian regime? No, I never said that. That's a straw man. That's how you know you're losing the argument. That's how you know you're woke is when you're engaging in these tactics. But even if you do support these interventions, even if you do support these regime-change wars, you don't have a problem with foreign war propaganda, infiltrating the American media?

What happened to the American right? I thought we were against the fake news. What happened to the American right? I thought we were against being propagandized, against propaganda being aimed at the American people. people. Remember, we always complained about Barack Obama and the Smith Month Act? What happened to all of that? Are you guys all just frauds? Are you really that dumb? Are you really falling for this? What is going on? So, no, I have a problem with foreign war propaganda, infiltrating the American media and manipulating the American people. And again, even if you support these things, you should have a problem with that as well.

But here's the truth. They wouldn't need to spread this propaganda. They wouldn't need to spread these lies. They wouldn't need to spread these fake videos if they were on the right side of history, if they were on the right side of these moral issues, or if they were actually winning the debate in the hearts and minds of the public. So it's really just an incredible thing that we're witnessing here to start 2026. The right-wing engaging in foreign war propaganda, not even apologizing for it, not even deleting it, not even saying, oh, okay, this isn't true. None of that happening. And it shows how they're hypocrites.

And they engage in the exact same tactics as the left. Isn't it amazing? And so here we are. The same thing happens two weeks in a row, foreign war propaganda to try to get people to support a foreign intervention, more foreign entanglements, more foreign aid, more foreign military aid because they know it's not popular. And so they're going to continue to push this propaganda. They're going to continue to push the unpopular foreign policies.

And then they're going to tell you, go vote for us in November. Go vote for us in the midterms. You mean after you just lied to us? You mean how you said it was all about accountability and then there is none? Huh. I don't know how that's going to work. Or I guess we do. And that's why they're so panicked.

And that's why they're spreading foreign war propaganda. But we're not falling for it. And all the hypocrites and all the foreign agents, you guys are being exposed. I agree. And I want to say something to Owen Schroyer's point here. And he makes a lot of great points. But what I will say is like for some of these videos, in particular, the video of the girl that was supposedly Iranian in Iran that was burning a picture of the supreme leader of Iran, as he said, was. taken in 2022 in Canada.

Literally has zero to do with what is going on today, but this video is everywhere. I can't even go on social media without seeing this video of this girl. She lights a cigarette and burns the picture of Kalamini or however you say his name. And this is everywhere. It's hundreds of millions of views. It's not just on X. It's on Facebook.

It's on Instagram. It's on everything. And what that tells me, though, is that it is pushed propaganda. these accounts, some of these accounts, by the way, some of these accounts are getting hundreds of millions of views have like a hundred followers. They're not even, they don't even have a little blue checkmark. They're not verified.

They're none of this. They're just multiple accounts all across social medias that have few followers that are spreading this video far and wide. And they're showing, what they're trying to do is show the sentiment of the Iranian people, the Iranian women that have taken off their hijabs and, and they're finally free. They're about to be free from the Iranian regime. And the U.S. and Israel and whoever else is going to be involved.

And this is going to come and save you. But first, people, you have to do the job. You've got to overthrow your own government. So therefore, we can come in. We can take over. We can bring Israel in. We can bring the United States or Britain and whoever. And then we're going to install whoever is a Western president again, just like we've done

throughout history in many, many countries. but I will say this like for example us and other accounts like other accounts other podcasts that actually try to speak truth actually try to get to the bottom of what's really going on we share something that's actually newsworthy we share something that is like the truth we share like an opinion that's not necessarily on hey let's go to war with iran or let's we're completely on board with venezuela or or any criticism of israel or any criticism of the united states our videos and our reach gets nothing. I mean, I'm talking about a hundred reach.

And it actually started about a year and a half, two years ago. We were getting okay reach on X for a little while. I mean, we were pretty much censored and silenced during the whole Twitter time. And then Elon Musk came and took over. Even after Elon Musk took over, we got a little more reach. But then we started, you know, sharing things and sharing things about what we talked about on the podcast. And then all of a sudden, we got no reach again.

But yet accounts like. this get massive reach. There is a problem with this. That is called propaganda. And I don't know if anyone understands this by now, but as we've been talking about for probably a year now, mainstream media is not what it used to be. It's not as influential as mainstream media used to be. So where are the systems and the people and the powers and the elites and the intelligence

operations? Where are they going to go? Well, they have to go to social media. they have to start buying out social media influencers. We've already seen that. We know that. We knew that Israel was paying $7,000 plus per post for some influencers. We know that they're spending millions of dollars.

It's not just Israel, but the United States government, our intelligence agencies, they have captured our social media now. We are in a fight like we've never seen before. And the problem is, is because all of these people are now getting bought out and paid for and you don't know who to trust anymore. You know, and it's similar to people that you used to think you knew. And now all of a sudden they've completely shifted the narrative. They completely shifted their train of thought or what they're talking about or what they're posting about.

This is a major problem. And I don't know exactly what is going to turn from this. What I do know is they want you to make, they want to make sure that you are on board, whatever war they're about to go into. I do want to play this quick clip as well from, Ryan Mata. And he talks about ex-CIA director, Mike Pompeo, just said the quiet part out loud.

What's taking place in Iran isn't organic. And this is what Ryan Mata says about it. Listen. So just when you think we're, you know, gaining a little traction and we're making some headway, we're exposing all this fraud, then he quickly realized why this fraud is getting exposed. And then you realize that, okay,

nobody's going to be held accountable. So this is just a big dog and pony smoke screen. So they can start war with Iran. And you know what's sad? Can we just go one week, one month, where our government just puts, the American people first? Can we just go one fucking month of the Trump administration without having to worry about fucking Israel starting World War III? It's gotten so bad. Even Mike Pompeo says

the Iranian regime change is in trouble. Bring in the mercenaries is the last best hope. Riots in dozens of cities and the Bahaj under siege. Mashhead, Tehran, Zaden, next stop, Bluchinstan. 47 years of this regime, POTUS 47. Coincidence, happy New Year's to every Iranian in streets, also every Mossad agent walking beside them. So you got Mike Pompeo, the previous director of the CIA, telling you exactly what's happening here. It's a regime change. Our government is involved and yet again carrying out another fucking regime change. And yet another country who would be perfectly happy coexisting with the rest of the world. But because they live next to Israel, the pariah state of Israel, they are fucked. And they have to deal with not only Israel's genocidal maniacs

and the warmongers and the neocons, but then they have to deal with POTUS and our government because they are owned and cut out to Israel because they're all blackmailed by the Epstein files, which we still haven't gotten, even though, you know, it is law that they force to give them to us. But what do I know? I'm just a trailer park shipposting dude with a fall mouth and a great bod. So fuck these motherfuckers. They're not getting a penny of my fucking taxes. This is what your taxes fund. Genocide, death, carnage, destruction, regime change. And it's never once benefited us. Can you anybody watching this tell me out of the last hundred regime change that our government's been involved in, have we ever fucking benefited from any of them? Let me show you a clip from one of my

documentaries. Check this out. Blinkin's been behind this, everything. He's behind the overthrow of Ukraine. Wherever there's a corrupt regime, as much hell as America has raised on the earth. He's behind funding Israel and all the bombs that they're dropping on these innocent people. When you have spilled the blood of human beings, has Nigeria dropped an atomic bomb and killed people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? And now here we are in Guatemala. In your country is this on the verge of collapse. A rogue desk, a rogue portfolio, a rogue network, wants to run a covert action in a region,

but they don't think the president will approve. Because it's unelected scumbags in Washington, D.C., think that they are above the fucking law. They can walk right over to USAID, who can do the exact same thing the CIA does, except they can call it discreet democracy promotion because it's not technically an intelligence agency. So it's not technically covert action.

So it doesn't require executive branch, approval. You're not in any moral position to tell anybody how corrupt they are. You should be quiet. They lecture us and gosh them democracy and here they are literally rigging democracy. How dare you put yourself in that position as a moral judge? Can you tell me a little bit about what your interaction or the interaction with U.S. aid has been here in Guatemala? One friend of mine came with me and said to me, look, angel, somebody in some place came to me and said, You are a friend of Angel Pina. And he was surprised because he said, yes, I know him.

Can you give him a message? What they say, tell him that maybe he's playing with fire. Because with that much blood on America's hands, you have no right to speak. All right, so that was Ryan Mata talking about another regime change. And actually, he has a documentary that is out talking about regime change. and kind of the history of regime changes as the United States has been involved in. And guys, I'm going to say it like this. You know, be prepared because we're going to be doing an episode soon about U.S. involvement in Iran.

And it's going to happen. I think it's inevitable. I think we've been talking about it for quite some time now. We knew this was coming. I mean, I think that Trump doesn't really want to get into Iran. I think that he's almost been trying to backpedal quite a bit over the past. two or three weeks. He keeps saying, I think this needs to be the Iranian people that does this. I think that they need to do this. This is their thing. You know, if they start killing all of the

Iranians, then maybe we'll get involved. And then what happened literally two days after Trump says this? Supposedly, Iran starts killing their people. And I say supposedly because we just never know who's actually on the ground, who's involved, who's doing what. We don't know. We have, we have no idea. I'm not saying it's not happening. I'm just saying that if you look back in history, as we've already went over tonight, you know, you can take a lot from history and history often repeats itself. And so if we look at history, we know how coups and overthrows and regime changes happen. We know that there's always foreign involvement and there's always a reason for that. And we don't necessarily know what the reason for this would be.

I know Iran is huge in the oil market. They have a mass oil reserve. They're sitting on top of a lot of oil in the region. And it just so happens. that this region around Israel is, you know, I guess has been at war with Israel. Israel has been at war with them. And this is something that Benjamin Netanyahu has been constantly trying to pull Trump into and the United States is this situation with Iran, which is why we flew B2 bombers over,

blew up their supposed, you know, nuclear facilities. They had all these nuclear facilities. And even before this uprising happened, you know, we saw this rhetoric that they were saying, well, they're rebuilding their nuclear programs. That's what's happening. They're rebuilding them at a fast pace. And they're going to threaten the world. This could cause a nuclear war amongst the world.

But I don't believe a lot of that. I don't believe a lot of what I'm seeing on social media. I've seen a lot of the same people that are now posting stupid-ass videos about Iran and the Iranian people. The same people that posted about October 7, the same people. that posted by Epstein files, the same people that post the same shit all the time, and you almost know all of them are paid because they always are doing the same things. They're always going with the agenda, with the narrative. This is what they do.

They want to convince you that you should be on the side of the Iranian people and not saying we should it. We are always on the side of the Iranian people, but the reality is that it's just another foreign war. It's another military and industrial complex ploy to, get us into another war and it's going to happen, unfortunately. Unfortunately, it's going to happen. And we don't even know what's going to necessarily happen with Venezuela.

We do know that, like, they're pretty much your whole government in Venezuela is still intact. They're still operating. I'm not exactly sure what the United States is going to do, what their next move is going to be there. Likely, we're going to go over and take over their government. We're going to take out everybody in that government. And we're going to place someone that has our interest. at the top of their priorities in Venezuela

because otherwise you can't control the oil. You can't control the oil exports going to the United States and whoever else that's going to go to that United States is friends would. And the same thing is going to happen in Iran likely. And this is this uprising, I believe, is an intelligence operation. They are using the people to soften up the government for an invasion or for an overthrow by the United States and Israel. Israel or whoever else is involved, NATO.

But first, what they want to use is the people themselves. And they're doing that with provocateurs, I believe. They're doing that with propaganda. There's a reason why I believe that Iran did shut off the internet. Very similarly, if you had a foreign nation that had a lot of influence and power over the world and you were in that nation, your country would probably shut off the internet, too. If it was caused in a complete uprising and overthrow of a government, that's likely what's happening in Iran.

do I agree with the Irene regime and their government and the way they enforce laws and the moral police and all this? Absolutely not. You know, that's why I live in America. That's why I love living in America. That's why we have podcasts like we do is to fight against corruption, to fight against the bullshit that comes out of Washington on an everyday basis. And unfortunately, I think there's only a certain amount of people that still exist like this. There's only, unfortunately, there's only a few influencers that are actually. trying to get to the truth.

You know, and I think Tucker Carlson is 100% one of those. You know, and Tucker himself said that back in the Iraqi war, where we went in and we said there were weapons of mass destruction. And he was one of the ones on CNN that was pushing this war. It was the propaganda side. And he realized after the fact that, damn, I was pushing propaganda on the American people. and I realized I was wrong and I realized like what media

actually does. That's why essentially he went to Fox News until Fox News he started to realize in that political faction of people that were also controlled by people. And so now he's on his own. Now Tucker's on his own. He's one of those out there to speak in the truth. That's why also alongside of all the anti-Iran

post, all the we must help Iranians post I see on social media, I see a mixed equal sentiment against Tucker Carlson. There are videos by the same people that also hate Tucker Carlson. They hate everything about him. They hate everything he says. They are threatened by him.

They're threatened by people like Candice Owens. They're threatened by these people because it is not going with the agenda. They're not going with the narrative. And these people have big followings. Tucker Carlson is a huge one. I mean, he has a massive following. And they're not going with any of this. And so they're doing whatever.

they can to make you believe that these people are pieces of shit and they're liars. But I just want to ask you a question tonight. Like, do you believe all these influencers that are going with all the same bullshit, the same narratives, the same agenda that the U.S. government or the Israeli government or NATO or whatever? Do you believe what they're saying or do you believe the people that have been around the system for a very, very long time like Tucker Carlson? And it's calling it like he sees it.

And I believe that's what he's doing. think Tucker's funded by a faction of people in Qatar to make people hate the United States or hate Israel. I just think it's ridiculous because they really basically have no influence. And if we want to try to pin Qatar, the Qatar influence on Tucker Carlson, I mean, the president of the United States and the U.S. government has been in Qatar and has been in the UAB for the past month and a half, two months off and on. they've been meeting with the princes, meeting with all these people. And Trump has continually talked about how much he loved them and all of this. But no one blames Trump for this.

They only blame people that are anti-Israel or not anti-Israel, but just call out Israel stuff or critical of the United States government or politics or other people. Just like Dan Bongino is coming back soon, but he's now saying that he is going after the black pillars. he's going after all of these people and actually he's not really necessarily going after him he's blocking all of them on social media he's blocking all of them on x he's blocked tucker he's blocked everybody everybody that has had any adverse sentiment towards dan bonjino since he has now officially quit from the fbi he is blocking every single one of them and he said that he is he has declared war on the black pillars he's calling him black pillars the people that disagree with the

handling of the Epstein files, the people that disagree with anything that is Israel, um, he's calling those people black pillars. So all I want to say is, guys, uh, be on the lookout for a Iranian war because it's going to happen. The U.S. will definitely be involved. But guys, that's probably going to do it for us on this episode. The name of this song is Earth, lighted up.

And until next time, we love you guys. Peace out. Peace out. Peace out. in the hearst. I've been on the vibe kind of hard to describe. I'm in bit tired of the grind. Then I come alive in the night to realize I'm in the middle of the time of my life. I'm never so packed for the stack, never light on the looking Tyson. Through that I survived, doing 80 to the house. Then I hit him to the sky change.

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