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This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by returning guests Sina Rahmani, historian and creator of The East is a Podcast, and Navid Zarrinnal, professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences and host of The Colony Archive to discuss the latest from the US-Israeli assault on Iran, the effectiveness of Iranian retaliation, the politics of the Iranian diaspora, and the stakes of the Iranian government's survival for a decolonized Middle East.

For more of Sina and Navid, check out The Colony Archive and The East is a Podcast on YouTube.