Nora Jones

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Thank you so much for having me.

First, let me thank you for having me here.

And this current war is part of a very long project.

And as the title of my book suggests, this is a long war on Iran.

And we can basically go back to the time of the Iranian revolution of 1979, that for the better or for worse, the revolution changed the map of the Middle East.

Because before the revolution,

Iran's state under the Shah was one of the most important allies of the United States in the region.

And some people refer to his reign as the policeman of the Middle East on behalf of the interests of the United States and by extension,

the interests of Israel.

So you can imagine how significant the revolution was in terms of the interests of the US and the allies of Israel in the region.

And so this is a war pretty much designed as a project since the time of revolution in Iran.

And in one way or another, you know, first the eight-year war with Iraq and crippling sanctions that many people argue that sanctions actually are more brutal than any actual war.

Recently, there was an estimate that in the past decade,

30 years, around 30 million people have died as a result of sanctions around the world, not only in Iran, but of course Iran is under one of the most severe sanctions, the crippling sanctions that created a situation between the two countries

That as I very reluctantly predicted in my book, that eventually is going to be resolved by an actual war that just started a month ago.

And that's where we find our situation right now.

So what I'm very interested to hear from you and to the extent that you're able to is what life is like in Iran.

We hear so many caricatures from the United States.