Twice a week, award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to cover geopolitics and current affairs from a perspective you won’t find in the mainstream media, with some of the most high-profile guests.
US & Israel humiliated by Iran, Greater Israel plan must be confronted – Prof. Paul Craig Roberts
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Paul Craig Roberts, former US Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy. He discusses why he believes Iran has prevailed in its war with the US and Israel but made a mistake in agreeing to a ceasefire, why Iran’s ‘restraint’ against the hegemonic powers of the US and Israel is a flaw in their strategy, the role of 9/11 as the US’ Pearl Harbour in waging wars that benefit the Greater Israel Agenda, why Trump and Netanyahu suffered humiliation by Iran in this war, the need for the Muslim world to confront the Greater Israel plan, why Israel’s Dimona serves as Iran’s nuclear weapon and the possibility of Israel using nukes against Iran, Russia’s strategic blunders in the Ukraine proxy war, and much more.
Trump powerless to end Ukraine proxy war, Europe is Russia’s principal adverdary — Dr. Dmitri Trenin
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Dmitri Trenin, Member of Russia’s Foreign and Defence Policy Council and former Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. He discusses the significance of Victory Day amid the NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine, what ‘victory’ looks like for Russia in Ukraine and why it is likely to be a long war, whether Russia has failed to seize the opportunities presented by a Trump presidency and Russia’s reasons for showing restraint, Europe’s increasing involvement in the proxy war, Europe’s use of hostility towards Russia to consolidate itself, why Trump has been powerless to end the war, China’s changing attitude to dealing with the US, why Trump is seeking a pause in the conflict with Beijing, and much more.
‘Israeli vassal’ Trump fighting a war of lies against Iran for Greater Israel Project – David Pyne
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to David Pyne, the deputy executive director of the US Taskforce on National and Homeland Security. He discusses Donald Trump’s war on Iran being a war based of lies for the Greater Israel project, the prospect of thousands of US soldiers dying in a ground invasion of Iran, Trump’s behavior as an Israeli vassal, why he believes many in the Gulf States are angry at the US for the destabilization caused by the war on Iran and the prioritization of defending Israel, the extent of the damage against US bases in the Middle East, the most recent assassination attempt against Trump, why this war shows the necessity for the US to end its security relationship with Israel, the future of the US military’s presence in Europe and the state of the Ukraine proxy war, and much more.
War on Iran: Pentagon whistleblower Wes Bryant slams Trump Administration’s reckless bombing of civilians
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Master Sgt. Wes Bryant Pentagon Whistleblower and Former Branch Chief of the Pentagon’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence. He discusses Pete Hegseth shutting down the department he worked for and the ‘revelling in death and destruction’ as civilians are killed and injured in Iran, the US’ bombing of civilian infrastructure and Trump’s threats to destroy the entire Iranian civilisation, the dramatic departure from targeting assessment protocol under the second Trump Administration, the extreme Christian nationalism and Zionism behind Pete Hegseth’s and Donald Trump’s support to the hilt of Israel, the Pentagon’s conduct during the Gaza genocide under the Biden Administration, the allegation that the civilian protection centre was a PR cover for US war crimes, Israel’s dropping of landmines in Iran, and much more.
Victor Gao on Iran: The end of Pax-Americana is here, US would exit war with China a net loser
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Victor Gao, President of the Center for China and Globalization. He discusses the rumors of China providing satellite data and weaponry to Iran as it fights the US and Israel, China’s support for Iran and why it hasn’t provided weaponry, China’s role in mediating between the US and Iran, Donald Trump’s coming state visit to China amid the war crimes committed by his administration, the possibility of a US-China war and the possible catastrophic consequences, why 2026 marks the beginning of the end of Pax Americana, China’s gradual reduction of its holdings of US Treasury bonds, why oil will be increasingly traded in Chinese yuan, his advice for Iran and the Gulf States, and much more.
Greater Israel is about regional hegemony. Türkiye is Israel’s next target (Daniel Levy)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Daniel Levy, former Israeli peace negotiator at the Oslo and Taba Talks. He discusses Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatening to kill off the rest of the Khamenei family, the Greater Israel Plan for regional hegemony, not just territorial expansion, Israel’s horrifying end goal in Iran, Israel’s deliberate plan to drag the Gulf States into the battlefield of the war on Iran, the next target after Iran for Israel being Türkiye, and the plan for total hegemony over the region, Israel being in a ‘use it or lose it’ mentality with its alliance with the USA, how Israeli impunity over Gaza fuelled Israel into dragging US President Donald Trump into a war on Iran, whether Israel will use nuclear weapons to create its hegemony, and much more.