# Extendend interview: Dr Roham Alvandi on Iran, Britain, and the futures that might have been

An episode of [Inside Europe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/80106806), 23 Mar 2026, 17 min.

Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/radiodownloaddw-a.akamaihd.net/Events/podcasts/en/949_podcast_inside-europe/C58E0E65_2-podcast-949-76485720.mp3

From Cold War power games to the cultural aspirations of the Pahlavi era, this extended conversation pulls back the curtain on the global forces that continue to shape - and be shaped by - Iran today. Dr Roham Alvandi is Director of the Iranian History Initiative at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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