# Who To Believe -- Iran or the United States?

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Podcast: [The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022)
Published: 2026-05-11T16:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

The question above seems almost ridiculous, that we would even consider believing the world's worst terrorist government before believing the country we once thought of as the leader of the free world. But that's where we are with the latest news from the Iran War. Dr. Janice Stein joins us from the Munk School at the University of Toronto for her latest Monday conversation.

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