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Arash Azizi

πŸ‘€ Speaker
481 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

So, you know, I talk to people who do tons of different things.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

I mean, I talk to someone who like sells kind of semi-luxury coffee in Iran, like not at the coffee shop level, but the beans and the stuff, you know.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

Well, this is his business, but it might sound ridiculous.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

It's like, who looks for luxury coffee in the Mitzvah of Aram?

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

But this is how he works, and he has many workers.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

This is their only job.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

They have to be laid off.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

What can they do?

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

Imagine someone has planned their wedding.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

Can they get married now, thinking they might not have money to survive?

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

So it's a society in limbo and in...

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

This terrible feeling that they don't control their fate and they're in the midst of a crashing economy.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

Honestly, so it's beyond politics, really.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

It's a terrible feeling that they have.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

Yeah.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

I mean, that's why they're negotiating.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

That's why they negotiate with Trump.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

from the beginning.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

Let's not forget, Trump's second term, the Iranian regime negotiated with him pretty willingly.

The Bulwark Podcast
Arash Azizi and Jodi Kantor: Iran Has the Leverage

Even though Khamenei gave a speech saying we won't negotiate, they immediately after negotiated with him.