Stanford's director of Iranian Studies on whether there's a path to end the war

NPR | By Michel Martin

Published August 14, 2026 at 4:44 AM EDT

NPR's Michel Martin asks Abbas Milani, director of Iranian Studies at Stanford, why more Iranians are fleeing their country and whether there's a realistic path to end the U.S.-Iran war.

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