Is Iran truly an existential threat to Israel or to its own people?
Why is it always the West versus Iran? Iranian American lawyer Elica Le Bon says the Islamic Republic's very ideology is built around opposing the West, reinforced by slogans like 'Death to America' and 'Death to Israel.'
But what would Iran actually do with a nuclear weapon? Le Bon argues the greater threat isn't an attack, but the regime becoming a powerful deterrent state one that cannot be deterred.
Is Iran truly an existential threat to Israel? And why do millions of Iranians oppose the regime so strongly? In this episode of the Riz Khan Show, Le Bon explains how generations have been shaped by repression, executions, and fear under Iran's leadership.
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