# "They won't leave us alone": Organized chaos and hybrid war in Iran  w/ Navid Zarrinnal

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Podcast: [The East is a Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-east-is-a-podcast-520166)
Published: 2026-01-26T22:27:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.eastpodcast.com
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## Resource

***Note: Navid's internet has been very unreliable for weeks now, so when I managed to get hold of him with a stable VPN, we decided to hurriedly record. In haste, both of us managed to mangle our respective recordings. I have been forced to resort to--please forgive me, cruel podcast gods---AI audio enhancer tools to see if it could be improved, which it mostly did but there are some funny spots on my side.*** Navid Zarrinal, host of the Colony Archive , and one of the oldest friends of The East is a Podcast, described what he witnessed during the last few weeks in Tehran. Support Navid on Patreon Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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