reza aslan joins me to talk about what happens next. good evening and welcome to the show. war crimes that s what russia seems to be carrying out in its war against ukraine. earlier today russian forces bombarded the city of zaporizhzhia, killing 17 people and wounding dozens of others. the shelling was concentrating on number apartment complexes in one of zaporizhzhia s most densely populated residential areas. marking a clear instance of vladimir putin s invading army roth laws of war. upstanding doubly, the strikes serve as a particularly dastardly reprisal for ukrainian military games on the battlefield against russia in recent weeks. the most noteworthy of which occurred yesterday, when ukrainians destroyed a massive brae ridge linking rachel what the kremlin peninsula. a critical surprise route for the kremlin s forces. as you might imagine, a thin skin putin is not taking this well. on the contrary, he s renewed his nuclear saber rattling. unnerving western a
a 16-year-old girl. roslyn joins me to talk about what happens next. good evening and welcome to the show. war crimes, that s what russia seems to still be carrying out in its war against ukraine. early today, russian forces bombarded the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia, killing at least 17 people and wounding thousands of others. the shelling was concentrated on a number of apartment complexes in one of zaporizhzhia s most densely populated residential areas. another he instance of vladimir putin s invading army violating the laws of war. ostensibly, it served as a particularly on the battlefield against russia and we recent weeks. perhaps, the most noteworthy of which occurred yesterday, when ukrainians destroyed a massive bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula, a critical supply route for the kremlin s forces, as you might imagine, a thin skinned putin has not taken these defeats well. on the contrary, he has renewed his nuclear saber rattling, unnerving weste
Strange thing happened on the iranian state tv, in news bulletin was hacked, alive on, there for 15 seconds, flashing images of a masked man and the supreme leader surrounded by flames. this comes as protests across iran and to the fourth week, despite intense fierce crackdown by iran s leaders. but, his iranian american scholar, reza aslan, writes four times this, week we have something the iranian regime for years even more than guns. we have our voices. reza aslan has a new book, out called the american martyr in persian. the epic life of howard baskerville. he joins me now. russell, think is so much for coming on the show. i want to start with your piece and time this week. you re right that we are now witnessing what can only be described as a fourth revolution in iran. walk us through why you say that. because some might say, come on, that is hyperbole! there have been massive protests before. and this regime always survives.