If we call iran is not our enemy, we are actually putting ourselves in a position where we actually oka with the suffering of the iranan people. So all that we are asking for for iran to step back and to completely withdraw all its malitias from the region and the world. We want them to look after their people. That sad iran has a great history, a great civilization, that needs to be preserved. And definitely, most of the iranians, if not almost all of them, are actually ashamed of the brutal force and terror aterismof the iranan region.
In this debate from the Intelligence Squared archive, we head back to 2020, when we invited journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, academic and writer Azadeh Moaveni, the Saudi political analyst Salman al-Ansari and former Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan to debate the motion: Iran is Not Our Enemy. The discussion touches on many issues that hold relevance in the current moment, ranging from the effectiveness of sanctions to the capabilities of nuclear-armed nations. The debate was chaired by the BBC's Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet.
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