Breaking News: Responding to the Iran-Belgium prisoner swap treaty

Published: July 14, 2022, 7 a.m.

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On Tuesday, Belgium\\u2019s parliament debated whether to ratify a Treaty with Iran that could allow an Iranian convicted of terrorism in Belgium to be sent back to Iran.\\xa0 The Treaty, however, is highly controversial among Western critics of the Iranian regime, as well as members of the Iranian opposition living in exile.

In this episode, Lucinda speaks with Jason Brodsky, the policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI). Before joining UANI, Jason was a senior Middle East analyst and editor at Iran International TV and served in a variety of capacities at the Wilson Center. Earlier in his career, Jason also served as a fellow at the White House in the Executive Office of the President. His research specialties include leadership dynamics in Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Shiite militias, and U.S. Middle East policy.\\xa0

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