Daniel hanan: The notion of iran as an enemy is caressed by those who wish to go to war with eron. Getting things wrong about iron has a cost, 80 million ironians have been denied access to medicines and ventilators in this most recent devastating andomic because of the classification of eron as an enemy. Samanar an sari a turica - Do not do it for my sake. And i would say to the wider moslem community who have been defamed by this regime which claims to speak in their name, to deal with something better.
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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