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4 MAY

Winning the Iran War — Whether Washington Knows It or Not

In this special solo episode of The Iran Breakdown, FDD CEO Mark Dubowitz pushes back hard on the narrative that America is losing the war with the Islamic Republic. Step by step, he makes the case that Tehran has just suffered the most severe strategic defeat in its 47-year history — its leadership decapitated, its nuclear program gutted, its air defenses shattered, its proxies in ruins, and its economy in a death spiral with the clock running out. The only remaining question: will the ceasefire be a pause that lets the regime breathe — or the closing vice on a failing regime? Mark argues the discipline to answer that question correctly is the last thing standing between America and a durable victory.

4 may

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20 min
16 ABR · CONTENIDO EXTRA

Operation Economic Fury (feat. Miad Maleki and Rich Goldberg)

Iran isn’t just under pressure. It’s under siege. Its currency is collapsing. Its ports are constrained. Billions are bleeding out as war damage mounts and oil revenue tightens. This isn’t sanctions as usual. It’s economic warfare—aimed at the regime’s ability to survive. The question now: Does this force Tehran to the table… or push it toward something far more dangerous?

16 abr · Contenido extra

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59 min
28 FEB

The Iran Breakdown SITREP: U.S. Israeli Strikes Against the Islamic Republic

The U.S. and Israel have conducted joint military action against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Dubbed "Operation Epic Fury" by Washington and "Lion's Roar" by Jerusalem, the strikes were launched on February 28 after nuclear negotiations with the regime failed to yield progress. President Trump stated that U.S. objectives are to "defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime." Key targets included the office compound of Supreme Leader Khamenei, the Ministries of Intelligence and Defense, and the Parchin military complex, with additional strikes on regime targets in Isfahan, Tabriz, and Bandar Abbas. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu framed the operation's objectives as removing the "existential threat" posed by the Islamic Republic and creating conditions for the Iranian people to achieve regime change—calling on Persians, Kurds, Azeris, Baloch, and Ahwazi alike to "cast off the yoke of tyranny." Iran has retaliated with ballistic missile strikes targeting U.S. bases and allies across the region, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Israel, and Bahrain—where a missile struck a facility affiliated with the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet. Today, Iran is entering a decisive phase—where economic collapse, mass unrest, and direct military pressure are converging faster than at any point since 1979. As long as theocratic extremists rule in Iran, the Middle East will remain a factory for terror, missiles, and nuclear blackmail. These strikes have sharpened urgent questions about what comes next—for the regime, the Iranian people, and regional stability. To assess fast-moving developments and their strategic implications, FDD will host a timely SITREP moderated by FDD CEO and host of The Iran Breakdown Mark Dubowitz, featuring FDD Executive Director and host of the FDD Morning Brief Jonathan Schanzer and FDD Senior Fellow and former IDF international spokesperson Jonathan Conricus.

28 feb

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35 min
29 ABR

The Door Tehran Kicked Open: MBS, The Bomb, and The Battle for The Gulf (feat. Bernard Haykel)

Riyadh is pressing Washington with a blunt message: don't leave the job half-finished. Saudi Arabia publicly condemned the strikes — and privately urged Trump to launch them. Now MBS faces the question he's long telegraphed: if Iran gets a bomb, the Kingdom follows. With IAEA inspectors locked out, is that still a signal — or active policy? Bernard Haykel, Princeton's foremost scholar of the Arabian Peninsula and author of the forthcoming book, The Realm: MBS and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia, joins Mark Dubowitz to break down what Riyadh wants, what it's willing to do, and what Washington still misunderstands about the man running the Kingdom.

29 abr

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1 h 1 min
1 MAR

FDD SITREP: The Islamic Republic Is Falling

Bonus Episode of The Iran Breakdown: Mark Dubowitz joins FDD's Jonathan Schanzer and Rich Goldberg for a late night FDD SITREP following the death of Khamenei. --- In the early hours of February 28, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military campaign against the Iranian regime—Washington calling it “Operation Epic Fury,” Israel calling it “Operation Lion’s Roar.” Strikes hit sites across Iran, targeting ballistic missile infrastructure, IRGC facilities, intelligence headquarters, and senior regime leadership. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead. President Trump confirmed his elimination on February 28: “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead.” U.S. officials told Fox News that the strikes were moved up after intelligence revealed Khamenei and dozens of senior Iranian officials were meeting at his compound. Among those killed: Defense Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani, IRGC Chief Mohammad Pakpour, Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, and multiple other senior military and intelligence figures. Iran has retaliated. A ballistic missile penetrated Israeli air defenses and struck a residential building in central Tel Aviv, killing at least one woman. Over 200 missiles and drones were fired at Israel and U.S. bases across the region—striking the U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and causing casualties in Dubai and Syria. Regional governments have condemned Iran’s strikes in the strongest terms. Inside Iran, the response is electric. Videos show Iranians cheering in the streets. Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has called on the armed forces to defect and urged citizens to prepare to mobilize. The opposition is deploying secure communications, satellite broadcasts, and hacked regime infrastructure to sustain the moment. The regime is decapitated. The question now is whether it falls. To assess fast-moving developments and their strategic implications, FDD hosts a timely SITREP moderated by FDD Executive Director and host of the FDD Morning Brief Jonathan Schanzer, featuring FDD CEO and host of The Iran Breakdown Mark Dubowitz, and FDD Senior Advisor and former White House National Security Council director Richard Goldberg.

1 mar

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30 min
23 ABR

No March on Tehran: The Military Logic of the Iran War (feat. John Spencer)

No tanks. No invasion. No march on Tehran. Instead: a methodical campaign to dismantle Iran’s war machine — missiles, drones, command networks, and the economy keeping it all alive. But can you break a regime by breaking the system that sustains it? Urban warfare expert John Spencer joins Mark Dubowitz to unpack the real logic of this war — from the “neurological” battlefield to the fight over Hormuz — and what victory actually looks like when there’s no surrender to sign.

23 abr

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53 min
20 MAR

Breaking Down The Islamic Republic (Cliff May feat. Mark Dubowitz)

We’re marking one year of The Iran Breakdown by bringing you a special conversation from our sister FDD podcast. In this episode of Foreign Podicy, host Cliff May sits down with Mark Dubowitz to unpack a question at the core of this show: what the Islamic Republic actually believes — and how it has waged war on the United States and its allies since 1979. It’s a conversation about ideology, strategy, and a threat too often misunderstood. If you want to understand the regime in order to make sense of the war, start here.

20 mar

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1 h 5 min
3 MAR

Trump’s Iran Gamble: Operation Epic Fury and Death to the Dictator (feat. Eli Lake)

The U.S. and Israel again struck deep inside Iran. The Supreme Leader is dead. The region is on edge. The question is no longer whether this is war — but how long will it last and what will be the impact. The conflict has now spread far beyond Tehran’s borders: Hezbollah rockets have drawn Israel into full-blown engagements across Lebanon, Gulf states have condemned Iranian aggression as they reel from missile and drone salvos, and intelligence agencies warn of expanded retaliatory attacks against the United States and its allies. On the streets and in the corridors of power, tectonic shifts are underway. Regional capitals brace for wider war, global energy markets react at threats to closing the Strait of Hormuz and attacks against oil infrastructure, and governments from Islamabad to London confront unrest and diplomatic peril. The Iran Breakdown host Mark Dubowitz is joined by Eli Lake to assess the battlefield, the intelligence as we know it, and the stakes. Is the regime collapsing — or will it whether this confrontation as it has in the past? What comes next for the Iranian people, for Israel, for the region, and for the United States? Eli's latestThe Breaking History podcast March 2, 2026 | The Free Press | J.D. Vance’s Iran Dilemma February 28, 2026 | The Free Press | Trump Keeps His Promise to Iran—and Takes a Big Gamble

3 mar

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43 min
2 ABR · CONTENIDO EXTRA

Iran's Global Game of Drones (& How To Stockpile While Sanctioned) (feat. Kerri Bitsoff)

For years, Washington has leaned on sanctions to contain Iran’s most dangerous capabilities. Tehran’s drone and missile programs didn’t just survive under pressure, they adapted, scaled, and in many ways thrived, fueled in part by Western-made components slipping through global supply chains. The result: a procurement network that’s harder to disrupt, more resilient, and still very much intact. Now, Tehran isn’t just building for itself. It’s exporting the model — arming Russia in Ukraine, supplying proxies across the Middle East, and even laying the groundwork for drone production in places like Venezuela, putting parts of the United States within range. So the question isn’t whether sanctions work — it’s whether we’re hitting the right targets. To break all of this down, host Mark Dubowitz is joined by Kerri Bitsoff — a former senior official at the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) who has been called a ‘secret weapon’ in the fight against Iran's weapons procurement.

2 abr · Contenido extra

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32 min
26 MAR · CONTENIDO EXTRA

War of the Words in Iran (feat. Ali Ansari)

This war isn’t just being fought with missiles and drones. There's also a war of the words, a narrative battle. While the regime pushes its narrative at home and abroad, the West struggles to keep up — and the Iranian people are caught in between. So, who controls the story: the regime, the West, or the Iranian people? Mark is joined by historian Ali Ansari to unpack the battle of narratives, the reality of regime power, and who may ultimately shape Iran’s future.

26 mar · Contenido extra

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46 min

The FDD Podcasts channel is home to FDD's Foreign Podicy with Cliff May, The Iran Breakdown with Mark Dubowitz, Generation Jihad with Bill Roggio, The FDD Morning Brief with Jonathan Schanzer, and The FDD Events Podcast.

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Winning the Iran War — Whether Washington Knows It or Not

Operation Economic Fury (feat. Miad Maleki and Rich Goldberg)

The Iran Breakdown SITREP: U.S. Israeli Strikes Against the Islamic Republic

The Door Tehran Kicked Open: MBS, The Bomb, and The Battle for The Gulf (feat. Bernard Haykel)

FDD SITREP: The Islamic Republic Is Falling

No March on Tehran: The Military Logic of the Iran War (feat. John Spencer)

Breaking Down The Islamic Republic (Cliff May feat. Mark Dubowitz)

Trump’s Iran Gamble: Operation Epic Fury and Death to the Dictator (feat. Eli Lake)

Iran's Global Game of Drones (& How To Stockpile While Sanctioned) (feat. Kerri Bitsoff)

War of the Words in Iran (feat. Ali Ansari)

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