No Country for Old Mullahs (Behnam Ben Taleblu feat. Dr. Ali Ansari)
No Country for Old Mullahs (Behnam Ben Taleblu feat. Dr. Ali Ansari)  
Podcast: The Iran Breakdown with Mark Dubowitz
Published On: Fri Nov 14 2025
Description: 📺: Watch this episode on YouTube here. Before new episodes of The Iran Breakdown return (soon!), we’re bringing you a riveting discussion from our sister podcast, Foreign Podicy, featuring FDD's Behnam Ben Taleblu in dialogue with Dr. Ali Ansari — one of the world’s foremost scholars of modern Iran.In a sweeping, incisive discussion, they trace the forces now reshaping the Islamic Republic after the 12-Day War: a regime struggling with a crisis of legitimacy, the weaponization of Iranian nationalism, and the deep social and political shifts building beneath the surface.