# Iran Is STRONGER Now Than When the War Began

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Podcast: [Kim Iversen on Odysee](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kim-iversen-on-odysee-7144753)
Published: 2026-07-20T22:00:13+00:00
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See if your SSN is for sale right now. My sponsor Cloaked will tell you for free in 2 seconds here: https://cloaked.com/kimiversen While Trump and Hegseth tell Americans they've "obliterated" Iran's military, Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi joins Kim from inside Tehran — under nightly bombing — with a starkly different account. He argues Iran is actually stronger than when the war began, producing more missiles and drones, firing day and night at U.S. assets across the Persian Gulf, Jordan, and northern Iraq, and that America's biggest miscalculation was never understanding Iran's vast network of underground missile and drone bases — or the depth of domestic support the government holds, which he says was visible in funerals too massive for Western media to hide. He walks through what he frames as Trump's serial violations of the signed MOU (withheld assets, reinstated oil sanctions, the Strait of Hormuz corridor), why Iran has shifted to hitting U.S. bases rather than striking Israel directly, and his warning that continued strikes on civilian infrastructure could tip the region — and the global economy — toward a depression worse than the 1930s. Kim and Marandi also get into the nuclear question and Iran's religious ruling against these weapons, the shifting views of young American Jews, and, in a sobering final exchange, the personal risk Marandi takes by speaking at all — separating himself from his family in case of a missile strike, and why he says he has no other option but to speak out. Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a Tehran-based academic and political analyst at the University of Tehran, and a frequent commentator on Iranian affairs. Follow the show for more content on your favorite platforms! LIVE Monday-Friday…

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