Issue 40, Summer/Fall 2025 http://doi.org/10.70090/AMS.40rha Abstract This article explores how English-language audio podcasts frame the geopolitical narratives of the June 2025 Israeli strike on Iran, focusing on how legitimacy, threat, and resistance are discursively articulated. Moving beyond approaches that treat podcasts as neutral or reflective media, the study argues they …

مقدمة يحتل الإعلام مكانة متقدمة في أولويات النظام الإيراني الذي يعتمد على آلة ضخمة من الوكالات الإخبارية والصحف اليومية المطبوعة والمواقع الإلكترونية والقنوات الفضائية في مصفوفة سياساته الداخلية والخارجية على حد سواء، ولإن أخذ الإعلام موقعه في صدارة تراتبية صنع القرار بهذا النظام؛ فإن موقعه أكثر تقدما خاصة في رسائله …

For a region that has had to deal with the aftermath of decades of U.S. intervention, occupation and punishing sanctions under the banner of democracy and human rights, the live pictures of American pro-Trump rioters storming the U.S. Capitol were nothing short of astounding. Public ridicule and scorn came fast …

Today, Iranian air space is electronically penetrated by numerous radio and TV satellite signals that originate from the US and other countries around the world. In fact, it is probably safe to state that no other nation in the world is targeted by over 20 satellite TV channels and dozens …