Iran

14 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 7 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 27, 2023 by Dara Khosrowshahi · said 96 times in 29 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Shaun Maguire (33), Harry Stebbings (26), Pejman Nozad (6), Michael Eisenberg (5), Dara Khosrowshahi (4), Trae Stephens (2), Rory O'Driscoll (2), Matthew Steckman (2)

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Everything said about Iran, oldest first

Mar 27, 2023
Insight
Khosrowshahi: Family ambition stems from rebuilding after Iranian Revolution
“God, it's I do think that the events of Iran and our family losing everything, and we had a huge family, big family business, etc., I don't know if it's something that we're running from, but I think the whole family to some extent is running to rebuild essent…”
Dara Khosrowshahi Mar 27, 2023 ▶ 0:41 Dara Khosrowshahi: How I Became CEO of Uber; Uber Eats vs DoorDash; The Postmates Acquisition | E994 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 12, 2023
Insight
Eisenberg: Global actors and extremist groups must be taken at their word
“You can't look the other way from atrocities, and we need to take people at the word. When they say, when Iran says they're coming to destroy Israel, Take them at the word. When Hamas says we're coming to destroy the Jewish people, we need to take them at thei…”
Michael Eisenberg Oct 12, 2023 ▶ 36:50 Michael Eisenberg and Adi Levanon: Israeli Resilience in Crisis | E1072 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 3, 2024 negative
Opinion
Stephens: Cold War Defense Platforms Are Irrelevant in Future Conflicts
“Like, the capabilities, the huge expensive platforms that we built for competing with the Soviet Union are not particularly relevant in a future conflict with, you know, a China or an Iran.”
Trae Stephens Apr 3, 2024 ▶ 49:38 Trae Stephens: Why No Company is Successful Because of their VC | E1135 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 12, 2024
Assertion Supported
Maguire: Iran did not have nuclear weapons when Biden took office
“So when Biden and Harris came in, you didn't, Iran did not have nuclear weapons.”
Shaun Maguire Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 17:59 Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 12, 2024 positive
Opinion
Maguire: Trump was the best modern president on Russia, Iran, China
“If you look at what actually happened, I think that Trump was the best president in the modern era. At dealing with Russia, the best at dealing with Iran, the best at dealing with China.”
Shaun Maguire Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 12:22 Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 12, 2024 negative
Opinion
Maguire: War is now required to strip Iran of nuclear weapons
“If you want to go the path of removing nuclear weapons from Iran, then we're at the point now where there has to be war.”
Shaun Maguire Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 17:51 Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 12, 2024 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Maguire: Colombian and Venezuelan drug cartels report directly to Iran
“Like the cartels in Colombia and Venezuela basically report into Iran. Iran handles most of the money laundering for them and coordination processing of a lot of like the precursor chemicals, stuff like that.”
Shaun Maguire Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 6:11 Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 12, 2024 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Shaun Maguire claims Iran has recently obtained nuclear weapons
“Allegedly they have just recently obtained nuclear weapons.”
Shaun Maguire Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 16:50 Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 12, 2024
Opinion
Shaun Maguire: Iran Fears Trump's Retaliation and Will Act Before Election
“From an Iranian perspective, if they knew that Kamala Harris was going to win, then they will happily wait six months for her to be in office and then go do whatever they want to do. If they think that Trump is going to win, then they need to do whatever they …”
Shaun Maguire Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 19:01 Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 12, 2024 negative
Opinion
Maguire: Biden and Obama administrations have had the worst Iran policy
“For the US specifically, I think that the Obama administration, and then now, like, carry, reinvigorated by the Biden-Harris administration, They've had literally the worst possible Iran policy, which has been appeasement, believing that they can, like, turn I…”
Shaun Maguire Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 7:33 Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 12, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Maguire: Iranian proxies attacked U.S. targets over 300 times since Oct 7
“Since October seventh, Iran has carried out, Iranian proxies have carried out over 300 attacks against U.S. Soldiers you know, on U.S. Bases or ships in the region. Like, directly attacked U.S. Interests over 300 times, and despite that, the U.S. Is still rele…”
Shaun Maguire Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 9:57 Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 12, 2024 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Maguire: Iran supplied munitions to Russia and backed the Taliban
“When Russia invaded Ukraine for the first year or so, a lot of the munitions were coming from Iran, and anyways, it's, you know, when America was fighting in Afghanistan, Iran was, like, deeply supporting the Taliban.”
Shaun Maguire Aug 12, 2024 ▶ 6:24 Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 11, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Grimm: Iranian Shahed attack drones cost approximately $50,000 to manufacture
“This Iranian Shahid missile it's one of the missiles they mostly use goes pretty slow. It's just a drone. They can make it for in the neighborhood of fifty-ish thousand dollars.”
Matt Grimm Nov 11, 2024 ▶ 1:26:45 Matt Grimm, Co-Founder @Anduril: How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | E1224 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 11, 2024
Assertion Supported
Torsten Reil: Russia is manufacturing Shahed drones licensed from Iran
“Iran is producing a large number of drones already. They've been you know, using and working on the Shahad, for example, for a long time. They've licensed that design to Russia. Russia is now manufacturing it itself.”
Torsten Reil Dec 11, 2024 ▶ 39:54 Torsten Reil, Helsing Founder: Raising $828M to Build the Defence Champion of Europe | E1237 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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