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Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

Going Underground
Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi
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    WAR ON IRAN: Will This Be the END of the US’ Bases in the Gulf States? (Dr. Abdulaziz Sager)

    2026/03/28 | 28 mins.
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, Founder and Chairman of the Gulf Research Center. He discusses the anger of the Gulf States against the US and Israel for starting the war on Iran and Iran’s strikes against Gulf civilian and energy facilities, what President Trump meant by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is ‘fighting with us’, the Gulf’s position on defending their countries’ territory while not joining the war on Iran, the lack of any regional consultation from Washington towards the GCC since the JCPOA, the need for a new security architecture between the GCC and Iran, whether the Gulf States will keep the US bases in the region after the war on Iran, Israel becoming a major threat to Gulf States, how Russia and China can have a bigger role in the region by pursuing deescalation with their close relationship with Iran, and much more.
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    US-ISRAELI WAR ON IRAN: THE RISK OF A NUCLEAR THIRD WORLD WAR (Brandon Weichert)

    2026/03/23 | 28 mins.
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Brandon Weichert, Senior National Security Editor at 19FortyFive and Author of ‘The Shadow War: Iran’s Quest for Supremacy’. What has been Iran’s strategy of escalation against the US and Israel as it faces continued aerial bombardment? What are the risks of the war on Iran escalating to a nuclear third world war with Israel’s nukes? What does Joe Kent’s resignation over the war on Iran mean for the Trump Administration? Will Donald Trump put US boots on the ground in Iran? Why did Donald Trump pursue a war for Israel? All this and more on this episode of Going Underground.
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    Iran War: Dubai Poses a THREAT to West’s Position, Media Happy With What’s Happening- Habib Al Mulla

    2026/03/21 | 27 mins.
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Habib Al Mulla, Founder of Habib Al Mulla and Partners, and one of the UAE’s most respected legal authorities. He discusses NATO-aligned media’s coverage of Dubai as the US-Israeli war on Iran continues and the motives behind the narratives. He examines the state of international law as the US and Israel attack Iran, while Iran continues attacks on GCC states. He also discusses whether the UAE might join the US-Israel coalition, the GCC’s assertions that US bases are not being used for operations against Iran, and why Iran is targeting civilian infrastructure in the Gulf—along with much more.
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    WAR ON IRAN: Former CENTCOM Commander Challenged by Afshin Rattansi in HEATED INTERVIEW

    2026/03/15 | 27 mins.
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the Former Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), William Fallon. In a heated interview, Afshin Rattansi challenges him on the justifications for the US-Israel War on Iran, the Minab Girls School strike which killed 175+, the parallels between this war of aggression and the 2003 Iraq War, the regional destabilisation unleashed on the Gulf States by the US-Israeli war, and much more.
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    US Pressuring Gulf States to JOIN War on Iran to Create ‘NEW MIDDLE EAST’-Dr. Abdulaziz Alghashian

    2026/03/14 | 28 mins.
    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Abdulaziz Alghashian, Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Gulf International Forum. Can the Gulf States trust the US after it, along with Israel, unleashed destructive regional destabilisation with the war on Iran? Is the US using Gulf States’ bases as Iran claims? How big a threat is the Greater Israel plan to the Gulf States? Can the Gulf States maintain neutrality after the genocide and war on Iran? All this and more on this episode of Going Underground.

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We ask the questions mainstream media avoid. Current affairs and geopolitics. Produced independently from Dubai, UAE. Hosted by award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi. https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv
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