On episode 21 of the show we are joined by Seyed Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian
American academic and political analyst. He was born in Richmond, Virginia and
spent the first 13 years of his life in the United States. Marandi is a graduate
of the University of Tehran and Birmingham University (UK). Marandi is also the
former head of the North American Studies program at the University of
Tehran. He is currently a professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the
university and an adviser to the Iranian nuclear negotiations team in Vienna.