How the Iran War Backfired

In this video, journalist and R2R correspondent Rami Yahia speaks with historian Dr. Navid Zarrinnal inside the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran about how the war changed Iranian society. Was the attack supposed to weaken and divide Iran—or did it achieve the exact opposite?

The conversation examines shifting public attitudes, growing support for resistance and deterrence, and why Zarrinnal describes the war as a defining anti-colonial conflict of the 21st century.

This video was produced by Reason2Resist and published on its YouTube channel on 13 July, 2026.

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ABOUT NAVID ZARRINNAL

Navid Zarrinnal is a interdisciplinary scholar with focus at the intersection of the political, social, and intellectual histories of Iran and the Persianate world after the advent of Islam.