Iran's Terror Toolbox | HISPBC w/ Abbas Milani

Despite its killing of over 100 European dissidents, trading hostages for terrorists across multiple countries including the US, western nations repeatedly negotiate with Iran contrary to their own stated policies never to negotiate with terrorists. Through assassinations, fatwas, and strategic violence, the regime has transformed terrorism from a tactic into a sophisticated foreign policy instrument. This approach has allowed Iran to expand its influence across the Middle East by building a network of both Shiite and Sunni proxy groups, from Hezbollah to Hamas, which it views as crucial to its security.
Abbas Milani is a research fellow, co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution, and the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University. His expertise is US/Iran relations and Iranian cultural, political, and security issues.
Check out more from Abbas Milani:
Read "Guns and Paranoia" from Abbas Milani via The Hoover Digest here: www.hoover.org...
Watch Abbas Milani's interview, "Jimmy Carter and the Shah: A look at the late president's complicated relationship with Iran," on CNN here: www.cnn.com/20...
Read "Khamenei's Muscular "Soft Power" in the US from the Hoover Institution's, The Caravan, here: www.hoover.org...
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[@abbasabbass8126]

Mr Milani why don't you write the book?? About them Fadaiyan group

[@michaelramzi1094]

At least say Iranian government not Iranians. By the way, we know all this , tell us something we don't know.

[@exe885]

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[@abbasabbass8126]

Wow 😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@aperson900]

Clash of civilizations? I guess it is.

[@abbasabbass8126]

Islamic state Iran, for Persians is lack of civilization, there is dictatorship vs civilization clash, Islamic state iran vs Persian people and non Islamic countries 😮

[@abbasabbass8126]

Mr Milani why don't you write the book?? About them Fadaiyan group