Any attack on Iran would probably have the effect of unifying a very divided country. It would bring up a nationalistic surge. It could force opposition politicians to side with the Mullahs. It could make a battle with Israel or the United States an issue in the streets of Tehran rather than seeing those protestors out, as they were in 2009, protesting against their own government.

— New York Times correspondent David Sanger, on what could happen if Israel or the U.S. attacked facilities in Iran.

The Obama administration has taken the position that if regime change is really Israel’s goal in Iran, then the bombing of the [nuclear] facilities would probably be the single most counterproductive step that they could take.

— On today’s Fresh Air, David Sanger, the chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, talks about the ongoing nuclear standoff and details what could potentially happen if Israel decided to mount a military strike against uranium enrichment sites in Iran.

Critic John Powers reviews the Iranian film A Separation: He says: ‘I’m not kidding when I say that it’s better than any of the Hollywood films being touted for the Oscar.’

On today’s Fresh Air: Journalist Maziar Bahari

Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari was arrested in Tehran in 2009 while covering Iran’s election protests. He explains how he endured 118 days in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison, where he was repeatedly interrogated and tortured — and how he now views his homeland.

Tomorrow: Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari, who was arrested in Tehran in 2009 while covering the protests and accused of being a spy. The evidence against him included this clip from The Daily Show. Bahari’s now written a memoir about his three month imprisonment, in which he was interrogated by a man he called Rosewater.