Imagine growing up Christian in an Islamic Theocracy where in many circles one's devotion to Islam is like a type of currency. The substantial Armenian population in Iran is faced with that very circumstance today.

Linda Avanessian, friend of the show and professor of Persian-Farsi, joins the Farsi Legend crew to discuss her experience growing up as an Armenian minority in Iran and drops some danesh on a number of modern proverbs.

In this edition of Farsi Legend, we talk about Coronavirus, how the Iranian government is handling it, the effect on Iranian society, and how one misconception about virus protection ended up killing a lot of people.

In this episode, we address a number of new phrases and proverbs, dive into their origins and provide examples of their usage in modern Persian.

The phrases are:

علف خرس

بوق سگ

آب حیات نوشیدن

This episode will be the first of many that address common phrases, proverbs, and colloquialisms in Persian Farsi by diving into their origins and providing examples of their usage in modern Persian.

In this episode, we discuss the phrases:

پدرت در میآرم

پدر سوخته

لعنت به کار دستپاچه

هرقرونی زیرهزارمن سنگ است

In this episode, we chat with Nazanin Nour, actress, writer, social activist, comedian, and judge on Persia’s Got Talent the hit MBC television show.

Kamelan beh Farsi, we talk about the inspiration for comedy, her experiences with the language, her first time visiting Iran as a young girl that grew up in the US, social activism, and we'll also cover a few cultural phrases.

Check out her new show "Persia's Got Talent" 👇

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC55IAn14LqbyY3BKu9F0hZw/featured

As a society, does Iran face the same sort of racial divide that our country has faced? Or does that look a little different? What does discrimination look like within Iranian society? What is it driven by?

In this episode, we’re going to cover the source of much of the discrimination within the Islamic Republic of Iran, what Iranian discrimination looks like - yanee how different it is from the way we’ve experienced discrimination in the US, how Iran perceives their treatment of minorities, and the degree to which it affects Iranian society as a whole.

Some call it a temporary marriage. Others call it an excuse for premarital sex and prostitution.

This episode explores the uniquely Shi'a concept of Seegheh, its early Islam beginnings, and its current role in modern Iranian society.

One of the main objectives of the Iranian revolution was to get rid of social classes. But how effective was that undertaking exactly?

There are still major gaps between the haves and the have-nots within Iran. So in that case, it’s very much a worthwhile endeavor to explore the inner workings of Iranian society and to be able to view the post-revolution Iranian government and their approach to society management through the eyes of someone that’s been there.

Quds Force NOT Goat Force. My bad 😅

[Same root as the Arabic word for holy: مقدس]

In this episode of Farsi Legend we'll talk about Qasem Soleimani’s influence on modern Iranian tactics, Quds force integration with proxy terrorist groups, and Soleimani's polarizing legacy and what that represents within modern Iranian society.

What does it mean to have salty eyes? How long should you wait to move after someone sneezes?

Find out next time on Dra.. Sorry, mixed up the show I was narrating.

This episode of Farsi Legend will explore the most common superstitions in Iran. The good. The bad. As well as some of the expressions and figures of speech that derive from them.