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War on Iran: Afshin Rattansi challenges Obama’s deputy assistant secretary of state, Joel Rubin

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Joel Rubin, Barack Obama’s deputy assistant secretary of state. In a heated interview, Afshin Rattansi challenges him on his support for Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on Iran and all of the justifications for it; ranging from Iran’s nuclear program, human rights, ballistic missile program, the failed negotiations with the United States, alleged corruption, and the underlying arguable hypocrisy behind US foreign policy.

Read Joel Rubin’s Substack: https://substack.com/@joelrubin 

30.03.2026
28:7 min
30.03.2026
28:7 min
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War on Iran: Afshin Rattansi challenges Obama’s deputy assistant secretary of state, Joel Rubin
Twice a week, award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to cover geopolitics and current affairs from a perspective you won’t find in the mainstream media, with some of the most high-profile guests.