A Personal Look at Iran
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Phone lines, text-messaging, and social networking sites are being shut down in Iran. Patt talks with people that have recently moved to the U.S. from Iran about what is really happening with the communication in Iran and gets their personal takes on recent events surrounding the Iranian elections.
Guests:
Ehsan Pakbaznia, PhD student at USC
Sara Houranpay, Sara is originally from Iran and returned from her most recent trip home three weeks ago, she lives in Portland, Oregon and works as a Farsi interpreter
Sholeh Keshavarz, Local Iranian American; She came to the US in 1979 after the revolution
Shahin, an engineer working in Los Angeles
Ali Shakeri, mortgage banker in Irvine and a board member of the Center for Citizen Peacebuilding at UC Irvine
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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