I talk with Shay Khatiri, Senior Policy Analyst at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, columnist for The Daily Beast, and author of The Russia-Iran File on Substack.
We discuss the precipitous decline of religious belief in Iran and its lessons for America—based on his recent article, “Integralism, Christian and Islamic”—and how “kicking the dog” is not just a trope but official regime policy.
Watch it here.
The kind of religious hypocrisy that is killing the Iranian regime is a warning for religious zealots in America, and one of them just got caught in it. A Florida state representative drafted a law targeting drag queen shows, but it turns out to also target his wife’s own “sultry” fundraiser.
The thing about the rule of law is that the laws have to be general and apply to everyone—not just to the people you don’t like.
Kicking the Dog in Iran