Updates on Iran with Dr. Abbas Vali

<p>SWANA collective members Nyma Ardalan and Hamoud Salhi discuss Iran with insight from Dr. Abbas Vali. Iran’s economy has been&nbsp;hit hard, which translates into the working class or the working poor suffering the&nbsp;consequences. Iran&nbsp;had requested IMF loans that were blocked by US &nbsp;sanctions. How do Iranians cope with the economic crisis?&nbsp;At the beginning of&nbsp;2022, we saw the resumption of Iran-Nuclear talks. With the US assassination of Kassim Suleymani in the pages of history now and an attack on&nbsp;Iran unlikely, where does this leave the opposition and minorities in Iran? Has the US been able to weaken Iranian military&nbsp;capabilities?After&nbsp;the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iran has tried to influence Afghanistan--will this make a significant difference?&nbsp;</p> <p>Professor Abbas Vali is a Kurdish political and social theorist in modern and contemporary politics throughout the SWANA Region.</p>