# Episode 564 Promo - Iran vs. The "Epstein Class" (w/ Mohammad Marandi)

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Podcast: [Bad Faith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-faith-1365797)
Published: 2026-04-06T15:28:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/154925752
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Duration seconds: 485

## Resource

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock t his episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Iranian professor Mohammad Marandi joins Bad Faith to provide context on the US war of aggression against Iran that's sorely missing from mainstream news accounts. On Orientalism, what's likely to happen next, and what Americans (and Piers Morgan) miss about Iranian culture . Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod) . Produced by Armand Aviram . Theme by Nick Thorburn (@ nickfromislands ).

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