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talk iran

This is an independent, non-partisan podcast for discussing Iran-related topics, hosted by Saman Askari, an Iranian-American professional from the San Francisco Bay Area.

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A Conversation with Reza Zia-Ebrahimi

A Conversation with Reza Zia-Ebrahimi

In this episode, I speak with Reza Zia-Ebrahimi, a historian and a Senior Lecturer at King's College London. We talk abo... Read more

21 Apr 2019

48mins

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A Conversation with D. Parvaz

A Conversation with D. Parvaz

In this episode, I speak with D. Parvaz, an Iranian-American journalist, who was wrongly imprisoned in Syria and Iran in... Read more

1 Aug 2018

43mins

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A Conversation with Trita Parsi

A Conversation with Trita Parsi

In this episode, I speak with Trita Parsi, an award-winning author and the founder and former president of the National ... Read more

12 Sep 2018

41mins

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A Conversation with Bahman Kalbasi

A Conversation with Bahman Kalbasi

In this episode, I speak with Bahman Kalbasi, the New York and United Nations Correspondent for BBC Persian. He and I ta... Read more

7 Dec 2018

51mins

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A Conversation with Lior Sternfeld

A Conversation with Lior Sternfeld

In this episode, I speak with Lior Sternfeld, a social historian of the modern Middle East with a particular interest in... Read more

7 Jan 2019

30mins

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A Conversation with Holly Dagres

A Conversation with Holly Dagres

In this episode, I speak with Holly Dagres, an Iranian-American Middle East analyst. Holly and I talk about her backgrou... Read more

4 Aug 2018

39mins

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A Conversation with Eli Lake

A Conversation with Eli Lake

In this episode, I speak with Eli Lake, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. Eli... Read more

12 Aug 2018

39mins

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A Conversation with Ervand Abrahamian

A Conversation with Ervand Abrahamian

In this episode, I speak with Ervand Abrahamian, a world-renowned author and historian of Iran. We start our conversatio... Read more

26 Sep 2018

37mins

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A Conversation with Yara Elmjouie

A Conversation with Yara Elmjouie

In this episode, I speak with Yara Elmjouie, an Iranian-American video producer and presenter at AJ+. He and I talk abou... Read more

24 Nov 2018

59mins

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A Conversation with Hooman Majd

A Conversation with Hooman Majd

In this episode, I speak with Hooman Majd, an Iranian-American journalist and author. Hooman and I talk about the curren... Read more

29 Aug 2018

40mins

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