Conversation with Historian Ervand Abrahamian about Protests in Iran, Israel, and the US Imperialism

by Faramarz Farbod / January 14th, 2026

DV coeditor Faramarz Farbod interviewed Ervand Abrahamian on January 11, 2026, about protests in Iran. Discussions also touched on the US invasion of Venezuela, US imperialism, late-stage capitalism, and the European, Russian, and Chinese positions on a possible second round of US/Israeli military attack on Iran. Abrahamian is an emeritus distinguished Professor of Iranian and Middle Eastern history and politics at the City University of New York and the author of many books, including  A History of Modern Iran, The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations, and the forthcoming The Inevitable Revolution.

Faramarz Farbod, a native of Iran, teaches politics at Moravian College. He is a DV coeditor and is the founder of Beyond Capitalism a working group of the Alliance for Sustainable Communities-Lehigh Valley PA as well as being the editor of its publication Left Turn. He can be reached at farbodf@moravian.edu. Read other articles by Faramarz.

This article was posted on Wednesday, January 14th, 2026 at 8:05am and is filed under Activism, Capitalism, Imperialism, Iran, Israel (part of Mandate Palestine), Nicolas Maduro, United States, Venezuela, Video.