{"id":3336,"date":"2026-07-03T11:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3336"},"modified":"2026-07-03T11:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:36:42","slug":"listen-why-iran-believes-it-won-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3336","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Why Iran believes it won the war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><div><span>Podcast<\/span><\/div><div><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"90\" loading=\"lazy\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41941175\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/020000\/\" style=\"border: none\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Ben breaks down the creation of a new \u201cdrone czar\u201d position inside the Defense Department and the latest in the ongoing legal saga over journalists\u2019 access to the Pentagon. <br\/><br\/>Then, Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, joins the show to discuss whether Iran has won the war against the U.S. and how exactly President Trump came to the mistaken belief that the Iranian regime would collapse. <br\/><br\/>Plus, the \u201cThreat of the Week.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3332\">11-year-old driver crashes truck into Buddhist monks in Thailand, killing 9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to receive the daily Threat Status newsletter delivered directly to your inbox.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf39dec693092341905c65453ebef3d9-768x134.png\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf39dec693092341905c65453ebef3d9-768x134.png 768w, https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf39dec693092341905c65453ebef3d9-300x52.png 300w, https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cf39dec693092341905c65453ebef3d9.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=3330\">Powerful Iranian general emerges from hiding as Tehran prepares for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei\u2019s funeral<\/a><\/p>\n<div><div><span>Podcast<\/span><\/div><div><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"289\" loading=\"lazy\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/destination\/id\/4380683\/height\/289\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/render-playlist\/yes\/custom-color\/020000\/\" style=\"border: none\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, joins the show to discuss whether Iran has won the war against the U.S. and how exactly President Trump came to the mistaken belief that the Iranian regime would collapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-threat-status"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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