# Gissou Nia on Iran: Is There Hope in a Hopeless Place?

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Podcast: [The Foreign Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-foreign-report-7023932)
Published: 2026-04-16T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week Seena and Travis welcome human rights lawyer and advocate Gissou Nia to explain why she’s more hopeful than most that the Iranian regime will eventually be overthrown. They discuss why issues of human rights always end up taking a backseat and what the world, and us as individuals, can do to help the Iranian people. They also delight in JD Vance’s latest international face plant. Thank goodness that never gets old. 🙃

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