We speak to Iranian Ambassador to the UN Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh. He discusses Rouhani and Zarif’s trip to the UN General Assembly and whether US efforts of maximum pressure and isolation are succeeding, accusations that Iran was behind the Saudi Aramco oil field attack, why the attack was an act of defense by the Yemeni people, the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and more!
Next, we speak to former Minister of State at the Home Office and former Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker on Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to scrap Universal Credit and the new revelations that a Twitter executive is a British Army information warfare unit reservist. Finally, we speak to Dr. Shashi Tharoor of the Indian National Congress on India’s national holiday marking the 150th birthday of Gandhi. He discusses whether Gandhi’s secular vision for India still survives, whether Savarkar’s and Golwalkar’s Hindutva will be shaping the Indian constitution and politics, the Kashmir crisis, Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s threat of nuclear war with India, and more!
