Guest: Mohsen MilaniRecorded: September 15, 2025 We talk to Iran scholar Mohsen Milani about his book Iran's Rise and Rivalry with the US in the Middle East. In part 1 of our 2-part interview, we begin at the beginning with the Achaemenid Empire, and take it up through Iran's 1979 Revolution and the creation of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Buy Mohsen's new book Iran's Rise and Rivalry with the US in the Middle East. Follow Mohsen on Twitter. Total time: 1:21:57Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio Order your print or ebook of John Dolan's new book Erdogan Pizza: Dispatches from a Violent & Grotesque World