The Iran Breakdown with Mark Dubowitz
FDD
Outreach Signals
Publishing Details
Contact & Outreach
About This Podcast
Welcome to the Iran Breakdown. Hosted by Mark Dubowitz, this miniseries from FDD is here to guide you through one of the most critical geopolitical and human rights challenges facing the world today.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been a central player in global headlines for decades: its pursuit of nuclear weapons, funding of terror groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and others; its oppression of its own people, and its growing alliances with global power states like China, Russia, North Korea. But beneath the headlines lies a deeper story, story of a regime that is losing legitimacy, a restless population, hungry for freedom, and a global community with many conflicting ideas about how to respond. And that's what we'll cover in 10 episodes of The Iran Breakdown.
Social Media
Explore Statistics
Recent Episodes
What Does Winning In Iran Look Like? (feat. Marc Thiessen)
The clock is ticking on the Islamic Republic — but what does finishing the job actually look like? With the regime battered, broken, and the pressure campaign at a critical inflection point, the U.S.…
Strait Victory: Bypassing Iran's Hormuz Chokepoint (feat. Richard Goldberg)
The Islamic Republic played one of the few cards it had left: the Strait of Hormuz. How did military planners prepare for this moment? Was a closure inevitable? If the U.S. and Israel had not…
Stolen Revolution: Behind Iran's Protest Movements (feat. Bozorgmehr Sharafedin)
Every Iranian revolution begins with an ordinary life hitting an extraordinary wall. Stolen Revolution captures those moments — the personal reckonings with a regime that promised faith and delivered…
The Iran Deal - What Trump Got, What Iran Got, and What Comes Next (feat. Richard Goldberg)
A deal has been struck. The Strait of Hormuz is reopening. Iran's nuclear program is — allegedly — being curtailed. And sanctions relief is on the way. But what did the United States actually get?…
The Iran Ceasefire Didn't End the Battle for Hormuz (feat. Aaron MacLean)
Is the U.S.-Iran ceasefire built to last? While the bombs have stopped, the strategic Battle for Hormuz continues to threaten global stability. In this episode of The Iran Breakdown, FDD CEO Mark…
Winning the Iran War — Whether Washington Knows It or Not
In this special solo episode of The Iran Breakdown, FDD CEO Mark Dubowitz pushes back hard on the narrative that America is losing the war with the Islamic Republic. Step by step, he makes the case…
The Door Tehran Kicked Open: MBS, The Bomb, and The Battle for The Gulf (feat. Bernard Haykel)
Riyadh is pressing Washington with a blunt message: don't leave the job half-finished.Saudi Arabia publicly condemned the strikes — and privately urged Trump to launch them. Now MBS faces the…
No March on Tehran: The Military Logic of the Iran War (feat. John Spencer)
No tanks. No invasion. No march on Tehran.Instead: a methodical campaign to dismantle Iran’s war machine — missiles, drones, command networks, and the economy keeping it all alive.But can you break a…
Operation Economic Fury (feat. Miad Maleki and Rich Goldberg)
Iran isn’t just under pressure. It’s under siege.Its currency is collapsing. Its ports are constrained. Billions are bleeding out as war damage mounts and oil revenue tightens.This isn’t sanctions as…
Regime Revisionism: Tehran's War Before the Iran War (feat. Jay Solomon & Negar Mojtahedi)
Back in January, the regime carried out the deadliest crackdown in modern Iranian history.As it gunned down protesters in the streets, it launched a parallel war online. A coordinated campaign to…
Iran's Global Game of Drones (& How To Stockpile While Sanctioned) (feat. Kerri Bitsoff)
For years, Washington has leaned on sanctions to contain Iran’s most dangerous capabilities.Tehran’s drone and missile programs didn’t just survive under pressure, they adapted, scaled, and in many…
War of the Words in Iran (feat. Ali Ansari)
This war isn’t just being fought with missiles and drones. There's also a war of the words, a narrative battle.While the regime pushes its narrative at home and abroad, the West struggles to keep up…
From Tehran to Taipei: How the Iran War Reshapes China’s Taiwan Calculus (feat. Matt Pottinger)
On the battlefield, the Iran war is expanding, and the real negotiations aren’t happening in backchannels — they’re happening in the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran war isn’t just about Iran. It’s about…
Breaking Down The Islamic Republic (Cliff May feat. Mark Dubowitz)
We’re marking one year of The Iran Breakdown by bringing you a special conversation from our sister FDD podcast.In this episode of Foreign Podicy, host Cliff May sits down with Mark Dubowitz to…
Cracking The Regime (feat. Ray Takeyh and Reuel Marc Gerecht)
The regime is down — but it's not out. So... what does collapse actually look like? Not strikes... Not decapitations... The moment the regime loses control. Mark asks Ray Takeyh and Reuel Marc…
Trump’s Iran Gamble: Operation Epic Fury and Death to the Dictator (feat. Eli Lake)
The U.S. and Israel again struck deep inside Iran. The Supreme Leader is dead. The region is on edge. The question is no longer whether this is war — but how long will it last and what will be the…
FDD SITREP: The Islamic Republic Is Falling
Bonus Episode of The Iran Breakdown: Mark Dubowitz joins FDD's Jonathan Schanzer and Rich Goldberg for a late night FDD SITREP following the death of Khamenei.---In the early hours of February 28,…
The Iran Breakdown SITREP: U.S. Israeli Strikes Against the Islamic Republic
The U.S. and Israel have conducted joint military action against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Dubbed "Operation Epic Fury" by Washington and "Lion's Roar" by Jerusalem, the strikes were launched on…
The Islamic Republic's Weaponization of Global Terror (feat. Edmund Fitton-Brown)
How does Iran fit into the global ecosystem of terrorism — and why does the West struggle to see the full picture?For decades, policymakers treated ISIS, al-Qaeda, and Iran’s proxy network as…
A Reagan-Approved Blueprint for Iran (feat. Charlie Laderman, Nazee Moinian)
📺: Watch this episode on YouTube here. Ronald Reagan didn’t defeat the Soviet empire with tanks — he defeated it with pressure, principle, and moral clarity. Can the same strategy work in Iran? A…
Frequently Asked Questions
The Iran Breakdown with Mark Dubowitz has published 58 episodes since February 2025, covering topics in History, News.
The Iran Breakdown with Mark Dubowitz is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 57m.
Sign up on Grep.FM to access contact details for The Iran Breakdown with Mark Dubowitz, including email and social media links.
Similar Podcasts
UnJustified
MSW Media
452 episodes
Native Land Pod
iHeartPodcasts and Reasoned Choice
369 episodes
True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History
Dan Zupansky
902 episodes
A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn
Gabe Dunn | Diamond MPrint Productions
505 episodes
We the People
National Constitution Center
622 episodes
This Is Palestine
The Institute for Middle East Understanding
152 episodes