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Hosted by Dr. Shivan Mahendrarajah · history · EN-US
History, religion, culture, and politics of Iran, from the classical period in world history to the present day Middle East. Essays, podcasts, videos, images, and the author's academic publications can be found at: https://mahendrarajah.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchHistory, religion, culture, and politics of Iran, from the classical period in world history to the present day Middle East.
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present is hosted by Dr. Shivan Mahendrarajah. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Why Yemen Is Fighting Saudi Arabia" (28 October 2026, 20 minutes), "“War Is Math”: Why the Math Favors Iran Over the US" (21 October 2026, 3 minutes), and "Iran’s Next Target: Undersea Cables and US Data Centers in the Persian Gulf" (14 October 2026, 4 minutes).
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 14 minutes across 16 episodes.
Booking probability for Perspectives: Iran Past and Present is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Perspectives: Iran Past and Present requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Perspectives: Iran Past and Present's contact route on record: public web form.
Dr. Shivan Mahendrarajah hosts Perspectives: Iran Past and Present, a history podcast with 16 episodes published.
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Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
A 20-minute special on Yemeni sovereignty and the long Saudi-led war on Yemen, waged with foreign backing since 2014. We trace the blockade, the attacks on energy infrastructure, and the shifting regional balance...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
“War is math” is a military adage. Trump et al., threatened Iran with “tanker for tanker” but forgot to do the arithmetic. We run the numbers on oil tankers, missile interceptors, and munitions.
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
Iran says US data centers and undersea cables in the Persian Gulf are next. We break down the four cable systems at risk and why they matter.
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
9/11 Special: 25 years ago today, on 7 Oct 2001, Op Enduring Freedom launched the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. CIA’s Jawbreaker team joined Iranian Special Forces in Afghanistan and Iran—allies against the Taliban...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
On 3 Jan 2020, Trump assassinated Haji Qasem Soleimani. On 27 Jan 2020, CIA’s Iran Mission chief Michael D’Andrea—‘Ayatollah Mike’—died when his USAF Bombardier E-11A jet was downed in Afghanistan. Was the jet shot down...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
This episode explores Shivan Mahendrarajah’s A History of Herat: From Chingiz Khan to Tamerlane (Edinburgh University Press, 2022), tracing the city’s transformation from its destruction under Chingiz Khan in 1222 to...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
Saudi Arabia reignited its war on Yemen’s Ansarallah (“Houthis”) on 13 July, deploying mercenary forces and expecting a quick win. Instead, Ansarallah went on the offensive, striking Saudi military bases and oil...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
How Saudi Wahhabism forged the Taliban and al-Qaeda: this 9/11 anniversary special traces extremist ideology from 18th-century Arabia to Saudi-funded madrasas on the Afghan-Pakistan border, and its role in the Taliban’s...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
Iranian Jews represent the oldest continuous Jewish community in the Middle East. They have a 3,000-year history that predates and belies Israeli narratives. Iran’s Jewish community is anti-Zionist and patriotic; they...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
Mary Renault is lauded as a groundbreaking LGBT authoress, but this detracts from her brilliance as a historian of ancient Greece and Iran. She masterfully weaves history, geography, and Greek literature with fiction to...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
US and Israel handed Tehran the precious gift of nuclear ambiguity. Before 13 June 2025, Iran had the most open nuclear program in the world; today, the most opaque program. 440.9kg of 60% “highly-enriched uranium”...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
Sat., 15-Aug-26, is the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s victory over the US. In a 20-minute podcast, two discussants analyze the intellectual failures that led to the US’s strategic defeat. It is based on Shivan...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
“The Iranian missile cities the US could not destroy” by the Financial Times caused a stir, but Iran specialists knew that underground bases were selected for their geography and geology. They are impregnable. Evidence...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
China’s satellite network provides Iran with 24/7/365 coverage and real-time updates: SIGINT, terrain mapping, telemetry; radar, optical, and infrared all-weather, day & night imaging, allowing Iran to precisely...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
Trump’s Gamble. On Easter Weekend, 4–5 April, US Special Forces suffered a debacle near the nuclear site in Isfahan. Trump’s social media meltdown was because the plan to seize Iran’s enriched uranium failed. The “pilot...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
Shivan Mahendrarajah’s book, The Sufi Saint of Jam: History, Religion, and Politics of a Sunni Shrine in Shi‘i Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2021) explores the history, religion, politics, and architecture of...
Perspectives: Iran Past and Present
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