Sergei Melkonian - Israel & Iran, Opposition Crackdown, Pashinyan in Istanbul | Ep 449, Jun 22, 2025

Chapters

1. 00:00 Intro to show with Dr. Sergei Melkonian
2. 00:34 What were the goals of Irael's war on Iran?
3. 06:22 Will Israel continue to push for regime change and how likely are they to succeed?
4. 12:09 How come the Israeli public still supports Netanyahu and his policies?
5. 14:27 Are Turkish-Azeri military exercises a cover for amassing forces for war on Iran?
6. 18:08 Are risks lower for Armenia now that Iran has stabilized the situation?
7. 19:58 What will Iran do about Israeli operations out of Azerbaijan?
8. 24:19 What's Russia's perspective on the Samvel Karapetyan arrest, and now dozens of Oppostion arrests?
9. 32:10 Russia's lack of soft-power
10. 36:57 What did Pashinyan achieve in Istanbul?
11. 41:50 OIC declaration: what's the message to Pashinyan?
12. 45:51 Persontal thoughts from the participants
13. 46:09 Hovik: Shout out to Brian Berletic for excellent geopolitical coverage
14. 48:11 Sergei: Israel-Iran war was an important test for South Caucasus and Armenia
15. 50:35 THE KITCHEN SINK
16. 51:05 Pashinyan arrests dozens of opposition leaders, charges them with terror and "coup d'etat"
17. 56:57 Who is Samvel Karapetyan and why is he arrested?
18. 59:14 Pashinyan wants to nationalize Samvel Karapetyan's national electricity company
19. 1:02:21 Pashinyan attacks Karapetyan's Tashir Pizza franchise
20. 1:03:07 Pashinyan goes after opposition MPs Seyran Ohanyan and Artsvik Minasyan
21. 1:04:22 NSS chief Armen Abazyan fired
22. 1:05:15 Lawyer Armine Fanyan suing Pashinyan for inciting violence, invasion of privacy, endangering people
23. 1:06:52 Do not forget nightly shootings and terror at Armenia's border villages by Azerbaijan.
24. 1:08:20 Anna Hakobyan's pet project budgets are a state secret
25. 1:10:17 About Dr. Sergei Melkonian
26. 1:10:40 Rate & Review GROONG on SPOTIFY andf APPLE PODCASTS