Roqe Ep. 296 - Roundtable: End of "Chaharshanbe Suri"?, Iranians in Protester Crossfire, Manoto Memo

A new edition of the Monday Roundtable with Pegah and Raha joining Jian in the Roqe Studio to weigh in on: (1) a new outrageous edict by Iran’s Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution to rename celebratory Persian days such as Yalda and Chaharshanbe Suri; (2) the latest way the IR has found to impose gender segregation in schools; (3) a look at how Iranians are caught in the crossfire of global protests these days; and (4) explanations for Manoto TV’s new memo about the possibility of closing down. Plus, Jian provides more details on the great “ghormeh sabzi disaster” of last week.

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Conversations from, to, and about the Iranian diaspora. Roqe is hosted by Jian Ghomeshi.