The Julia La Roche Show · Thursday, August 13, 2026

Jim Rickards: US pressure on Iran might backfire by strengthening nationalism

According to Jim Rickards, US pressure on Iran has inadvertently unified the Iranian population and strengthened nationalism. He suggests that despite internal dissent, the Iranian people are rallying behind the regime due to the external conflict.

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“So, uh, and another aspect of the change of leadership, I'd say we're on the third round of leaderships, uh, this new group are significantly younger.”

Jim Richards

“So, uh, and another aspect of the change of leadership, I'd say we're on the third round of leaderships, uh, this new group are significantly younger.”

Jim Richards

“So, uh, and another aspect of the change of leadership, I'd say we're on the third round of leaderships, uh, this new group are significantly younger.”

Jim Richards

Heard on The Julia La Roche Show — “#401 Jim Rickards: The Iran War, "Trump's on the Losing Side of That Bet," The Case for $10,000 Gold, and the Japanese Yen Carry Trade Unwind — The Most Important Financial Story in the World”, published Thursday, August 13, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.

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