Iranian Soulcraft: Birth of a Terror State | HISPBC w/ Abbas Milani - Pt. 1 скачать в хорошем качестве

Iranian Soulcraft: Birth of a Terror State | HISPBC w/ Abbas Milani - Pt. 1

A historical look at how Islamic regime in Iran established its power through strategic acts of terrorism, later consolidating control through the US embassy hostage crisis. This regime's fundamental ideology, as explained by its leaders, Ayatollah Khomeini and current supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, focuses on "soulcraft" rather than statecraft - seeking to create a new type of Iranian citizen who is more Islamic than Iranian through complete ideological control. Built on fear both domestically and internationally, this system represents a pseudo-totalitarian state that survives through bullying and violence. Abbas Milani is a research fellow, co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution, and the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University. His expertise is US/Iran relations and Iranian cultural, political, and security issues. Check out more from Abbas Milani: Read "Guns and Paranoia" from Abbas Milani via The Hoover Digest here: https://www.hoover.org/research/guns-... Watch Abbas Milani's interview, "Jimmy Carter and the Shah: A look at the late president's complicated relationship with Iran," on CNN here: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/Tv/vid... Read "Khamenei's Muscular "Soft Power" in the US from the Hoover Institution's, The Caravan, here: https://www.hoover.org/research/khame... __________ The opinions expressed on this channel are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hoover Institution or Stanford University. © 2025 by the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University. 🔔 Subscribe for more discussions: ‪@HooverInstitution‬ 👍 Like and share this video! 🌐 Follow us on social media: • Facebook:   / hooverinststanford   • LinkedIn:   / hoover-institution-at-stanford-university   • Instagram:   / hooverinstitution   • TikTok:   / hooverinstitution   • X:   / hooverinst