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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(06:18) – Mahsa Amini protests in Iran

(24:35) – Propaganda

(42:13) – Iranian culture

(59:02) – Violent suppression of protests

(1:20:31) – Islamic Revolution

(1:38:14) – CIA in Iran

(1:54:30) – Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini

(2:25:26) – Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

(2:33:21) – Nuclear weapons

(2:41:38) – Israel

(2:56:18) – Putin

(3:03:50) – Future of Iran