Ed Elson

So we've seen this crackdown from the Iranian regime.

Then we see the tariffs announced from Trump.

Just as a beginner, what is actually happening in Iran?

What are these protests about?

And what is the economic situation over there?

It seemed like everything reached a tipping point in December, or at least last month and last few weeks or so.

Seems like a lot of this is economic, the hyperinflation you mentioned, also the collapse of the currency.

What triggered this outburst that we've seen in the past month or so?

So then we see this violent, violent crackdown from the Iranian regime.

Civilians murdered.

Many have died.

Um, and then in response tariffs, it seems like that has been the response from, from Trump.

He's talked about the violence that we're seeing and he said, and in addition, we're putting this 25% tariff on Iran and also anyone who does any form of business with Iran.

What do we know about the tariff?

What do you make of this policy?

Yeah, it seems that, as you say, tariffs are a form of threat, and then also military action are a form of threat.

To use those two threats in the same sentence seems a little bit pointless.

One of them is far more severe than the other.

I assume that the tariffs are therefore just kind of pointless in that sense.

We'll keep following this.