{"id":306723,"date":"2026-01-04T21:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mani-basharzad-says-iran-is-spooked-by-trump-and-vulnerable-to-ongoing-protests\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:00:17","slug":"mani-basharzad-says-iran-is-spooked-by-trump-and-vulnerable-to-ongoing-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mani-basharzad-says-iran-is-spooked-by-trump-and-vulnerable-to-ongoing-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Mani Basharzad says Iran is spooked by Trump and vulnerable to ongoing protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Lo0jkndKxns\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Mani Basharzad says Iran is spooked by Trump and vulnerable to ongoing protests\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lo0jkndKxns\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Iranian economic journalist Mani Basharzad tells Nick Dunning the Iranian regime is spooked by the idea of Donald Trump intervening amid ongoing protests which &#8216;are different&#8217; and for unique reasons and could spell the end of the Islamist regime. <\/p>\n<p>#iran #donaldtrump #islamism #freespeech <\/p>\n<p>Keep up to date with GB News at gbnews.com or on X @GBNEWS<\/p>\n<p>Support GB News by becoming a member from just \u00a35 per month: https:\/\/gbnews.com\/support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian economic journalist Mani Basharzad tells Nick Dunning the Iranian regime is spooked by the idea of Donald Trump intervening amid ongoing protests which &#8216;are different&#8217; and for unique reasons and could spell the end of the Islamist regime. #iran #donaldtrump #islamism #freespeech Keep up to date with GB News at gbnews.com or on X [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":306724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128957],"tags":[131191,135294,129097],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-306723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gbnews","tag-economic","tag-iranian","tag-journalist"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mani Basharzad says Iran is spooked by Trump and vulnerable to ongoing protests | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Mani Basharzad says Iran is spooked by Trump and vulnerable to ongoing protests for free, here on News ISC. 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