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Neohuman
Agah Bahari
100 episodes
7 months ago
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Philosophy
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Neohuman
Neohuman 100: Jason Reza Jorjani
For the 100th episode of NEOHUMAN podcast, Agah is welcoming back the author, philosopher, and professor, Jason Reza Jorjani. Jason/Reza is an Iranian-American philosopher and lifelong native New Yorker. He received his BA and MA at New York University, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Jorjani has taught courses on Science, Technology, and Society (STS), the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, and the history of Iran as a full-time faculty member at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. From October of 2016 through to his resignation in August of 2017, Dr. Jorjani was the Editor-in-Chief of Arktos Media and Co-Founder of the Alt-Right Corporation. Until his resignation in November of 2019, Dr. Jorjani was also a Senior Advisor to the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Persian Renaissance Foundation. Most recently, Jorjani is the founder and leader of Prometheism, aka. The Prometheist Movement. Jorjani is also a leading team member of American Colossus, the project to construct a colossal monument of Prometheus “to freedom and human triumph in San Francisco Bay”.

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1 year ago

Neohuman
99: Justin E. Lane
For the 99th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Justin E. Lane.
“I am a mind hacker and consultant focused on how cognitive science and technology converge to create AI innovations for the future. I hold a doctoral degree from Oxford University and am based in Bratislava, Slovakia. My research focuses on cognitive science, social stability, and computer simulation. I also use AI and big-data approaches. I my D.Phil. from the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford in 2019. I currently hold an academic position at the Center for Modeling Social Systems and work with the Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center as well as the Center for Mind and Culture. I am also the CTO of ALAN Analytics s.r.o.”
He’s also the author of Understanding Religion Through Artificial Intelligence: Bonding and Belief (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation).

Link: 
Justin E. Lane: https://app.scholarsite.io/justin-e-lane
Understanding Religion Through Artificial Intelligence: Bonding and Belief (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation): www.amazon.com/Understanding-Religion-Through-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1350103551
Justin E. Lane – University of Oxford: https://oxford.academia.edu/JustinELane
Justin E. Lane – Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iF1BxNMAAAAJ&hl=fr
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3 years ago
1 hour 16 minutes 18 seconds

Neohuman
98: Giulio Prisco
For the 98th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with the returning guest, Giulio Prisco (@giulioprisco). Giulio is an Italian information technology and virtual reality consultant, as well as a writer, futurist, and Transhumanist. Formerly a senior manager in the European Space Agency, Prisco is a physicist and computer scientist. He served as a member on the board of directors of World Transhumanist Association, of which he was temporarily executive director, and continues to serve as a member on the board of directors of the Associazione Italiana Transumanisti. He is also a founding member of the Order of Cosmic Engineers, and the Turing Church, fledgling organizations which claim that the benefits of a technological singularity, which would come from accelerating change, should or would be viable alternatives to the promises of major religious groups.

Links: 
Giulio Prisco: www.giulioprisco.com
Futurist Spaceflight Meditations: www.amazon.com/Futurist-spaceflight-meditations-Giulio-Prisco-ebook/dp/B096K25QLQ/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=giulio+prisco&qid=1638723215&sr=8-2
Tales of the Turing Church: Hacking religion, enlightening science, awakening technology: www.amazon.com/Tales-Turing-Church-enlightening-technology/dp/B084DGQ98P/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
I have resigned from the IEET Board of Directors: www.giulioprisco.com/i-have-resigned-from-the-ieet-board-of-directors-793d10a10a8a
Turing Church: www.turingchurch.com
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3 years ago
1 hour 11 minutes 31 seconds

Neohuman
97: David McFadzean and Willy “Fritz” Herold
For the 97th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with returning guests, David McFadzean (@macterra) and Willy “Fritz” Herold (@VirionFritz). David is a software and robotic engineer, the founder of Church of Virus, and the very first guest on NEOHUMAN. Fritz’s been an engineer, computer modeler, IT expert, and always on the “implementation and production side of the world”. 

Links: 
David McFadzean: www.github.com/macterra
Church of Virus: www.churchofvirus.org
Carl Sagan Predicted The Current Junk Science Disaster: https://youtu.be/1Ox8fqPCbMM
Freddie Sayers investigaes Austria’s lockdown of the unvaccinated: https://youtu.be/y9io1MZz_7E
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3 years ago
2 hours 23 minutes 24 seconds

Neohuman
96: Rizwan Virk
For the 96th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Rizwan Virk (@Rizstanford). A graduate of MIT and Stanford, Rizwan is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer, film producer, venture capitalist and bestselling author. His software products have been used by the largest enterprises in the world, and his mobile games, including Tap Fish and Penny Dreadful: Demimonde, have been downloaded by millions of players. His indie films, including Thrive and Sirius, have been seen by millions of viewers worldwide.

Links: 
Rizwan Virk: www.zenentrepreneur.com
The Simulated Multiverse: An MIT Computer Scientist Explores Parallel Universes, Quantum Computing, The Simulation Hypothesis and the Mandela Effect: https://www.amazon.com/Simulated-Multiverse-Scientist-Simulation-Hypothesis/dp/1954872003/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
The simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are In a Video Game: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07M81F1KG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Rizwan Virk | The Simulated Multiverse | Talks at Google: https://youtu.be/Fs6xzDPfQ_Y
Startup Myths and Models: What you Won’t Learn in Business School: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231194528/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
Zen Entrepreneurship: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CXJAH9A/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
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3 years ago
1 hour 12 minutes 45 seconds

Neohuman
95: Chris Niebauer
For the 95th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Chris Niebauer (@noselfnoprob). Chris received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuropsychology from the University of Toledo where he specialized in left-right brain differences. He has conducted research on consciousness, handedness, beliefs and the sense of self and is currently an associate professor of cognitive psychology at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.

Links: 
Chris’ YouTube:
www.youtube.com/chris5264
No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology is Catching Up to Buddhism: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PLRZVTT/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Niebauer v. Slippery Rock University: www.theonlinerocket.com/opinion/2014/09/04/niebauer-v-slippery-rock-university
Psychology prof at Slippery Rock University claims gender discrimination: www.post-gazette.com/local/north/2014/08/28/Psychology-prof-at-Slippery-Rock-University-claims-gender-discrimination/stories/201408280279
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3 years ago
1 hour 46 minutes 41 seconds

Neohuman
94: Nell Watson
For the 94th episode of ‘NEOHUMAN with Agah Bahari podcast, Agah is chatting with Nell Watson. Eleanor ‘Nell’ Watson is an interdisciplinary researcher in emerging technologies such as machine vision and A.I. ethics. Her work primarily focuses on protecting human rights and putting ethics, safety, and the values of the human spirit into technologies such as Artificial Intelligence. Nell serves as Chair & Vice-Chair respectively of the IEEE’s ECPAIS Transparency Experts Focus Group, and P7001 Transparency of Autonomous Systems committee on A.I. Ethics & Safety, engineering credit score-like mechanisms into A.I. to help safeguard algorithmic trust. She also chairs EthicsNet.org, a community teaching prosocial behaviors to machines, CulturalPeace.org, crafting Geneva Conventions-style rules for cultural conflict, Endohazard.org, a hazard symbol project for informing consumers of endocrine disruptors, and Pacha.org, connecting a network of service providers to help enable the automated accounting of externalities (shifted costs) such as pollution. Nell serves as an Executive Consultant on philosophical matters for Apple, as well as serving as Senior Scientific Advisor to The Future Society, and Senior Fellow to The Atlantic Council. She also holds Fellowships with the British Computing Society and Royal Statistical Society, among others. Her public speaking has inspired audiences to work towards a brighter future at venues such as The World Bank, The United Nations General Assembly, and The Royal Society.

Links: 
Nell Watson: www.nellwatson.com
Cultural Peace: www.culturalpeace.org
Nell Watson – Singularity Group: www.su.org/experts/nell-watson
Nell Watson at AGI Conft ’21 – Machines for Moral Enlightenment: https://youtu.be/qrZMapO1mEE
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4 years ago
1 hour 31 minutes 25 seconds

Neohuman
93: Aeon Animus
For the 93rd episode of ‘NEOHUMAN with Agah Bahari’ podcast, Agah is chatting with the author of Eden & Entheogens, @AeonAnimus. The book is the result of 10 years of research and development, dedicated to the memory of Terence McKenna, exploring the relationship between Terence McKenna’s Stoned Ape Theory and the Bible.

Links: 
Eden & Entheogens: https://archive.org/details/eden-and-entheogens-book
The Stoned Ape Theory: https://fantasticfungi.com/the-mush-room/the-stoned-ape-theory
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4 years ago
1 hour 48 minutes 53 seconds

Neohuman
92: Sky Nelson-Isaacs
For the 92nd episode of ‘NEOHUMAN with Agah Bahari’ podcast, Agah is catching up with Sky Nelson-Isaacs. Sky is an author and physics educator building a foundation for a scientific understanding of synchronicity in our modern world. Sky has a masters degree in physics from San Francisco State University, has had careers in education, in the software industry, and in music, and has spent the past twenty years studying synchronicity, with the last 12 years publishing academic papers on it. 

LINKS: 
Sky Nelson-Isaacs: www.skynelson.com
Leap to Wholeness: How the World Is Programmed to Help Us Grow, Heal, and Adapt: https://www.amazon.com/Leap-Wholeness-World-Programmed-Adapt/dp/B095Z1FNL8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=sky+nelson-isaacs&qid=1632178954&s=books&sr=1-1
Living in Flow: The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices Shape your World: www.amazon.com/Living-Flow-Science-Synchronicity-Choices/dp/1623173116
The Synchronicity Institute: www.themindbodyspiritnetwork.com/public-speaker-synchronicity-online-course-sky-nelson-isaacs/
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4 years ago
1 hour 41 minutes 30 seconds

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91: Jason Reza Jorjani
For the 91st episode of NEOHUMAN podcast, Agah is welcoming back the author, philosopher, and professor, Jason Reza Jorjani. Jason/Reza is an Iranian-American philosopher and lifelong native New Yorker. He received his BA and MA at New York University, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Jorjani has taught courses on Science, Technology, and Society (STS), the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, and the history of Iran as a full-time faculty member at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. From October of 2016 through to his resignation in August of 2017, Dr. Jorjani was the Editor-in-Chief of Arktos Media and Co-Founder of the Alt-Right Corporation. Until his resignation in November of 2019, Dr. Jorjani was also a Senior Advisor to the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Persian Renaissance Foundation. Most recently, Jorjani is the founder and leader of Prometheism, aka. The Prometheist Movement.


LINKS: 
Jason Reza Jorjani: www.jasonrezajorjani.com
Closer Encounters: www.amazon.com/Closer-Encounters-Jason-Reza-Jorjani/dp/1914208390
Prometheism: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08H5WCDR1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
The Prometheist Movement: www.prometheism.com
Prometheus and Atlas: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C6HMEA8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Faustian Futurist: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QBJ6ZL9/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
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4 years ago
1 hour 50 minutes 24 seconds

Neohuman
90: Dr. Pedro Domingos
For the 90th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Dr. Pedro Domingos. Pedro is a Professor Emeritus of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington. He is a researcher in machine learning known for Markov logic network enabling uncertain inference, and the author of The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World, one of only two AI books on the bookshelf of China’s President for life, Xi Jinping, during his 2018 New Year speech.

Links: 
Pedro Domingos: https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~pedrod/
The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World: https://www.amazon.com/Master-Algorithm-Ultimate-Learning-Machine/dp/0465094279/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+master+algorithm&qid=1613263380&s=books&sr=1-1
Pedro Domingos – Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KOrhfVMAAAAJ&hl=en
We Must Stop Militant Liberals from Politicizing Artificial Intelligence: https://spectator.us/life/militant-liberals-politicizing-artificial-intelligence/
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4 years ago
1 hour 57 minutes 15 seconds

Neohuman
89: Peter Ludlow
For the 89th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Peter Ludlow. Peter, who also writes under the pseudonym Urizenus Sklar, is an American philosopher of language. He is noted for interdisciplinary work on the interface of linguistics and philosophy, and has worked on the application of analytic philosophy of language to topics in epistemology, metaphysics, and logic, among other areas. He has also established a research program outside of philosophy and linguistics. Here, his research areas include conceptual issues in cyberspace, particularly questions about cyber-rights and the emergence of laws and governance structures in and for virtual communities, including online games, and as such he is also noted for influential contributions to legal informatics. In recent years Ludlow has written nonacademic essays on hacktivist culture and related phenomena such as WikiLeaks.

Links: 
Peter Ludlow – MIT Press: https://mitpress.mit.edu/contributors/peter-ludlow
Peter Ludlow – The Nation: www.thenation.com/authors/peter-ludlow
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4 years ago
1 hour 22 minutes 39 seconds

Neohuman
88: Chris Niebauer
For the 88th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Chris Niebauer. Chris received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuropsychology from the University of Toledo where he specialized in left-right brain differences. He has conducted research on consciousness, handedness, beliefs and the sense of self and is currently an associate professor of cognitive psychology at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.

Links:
Chris’ YouTube:
www.youtube.com/chris5264
No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology is Catching Up to Buddhism: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PLRZVTT/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
The Neurotic’s Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment: How the Left-Brain Plays Unending Games of Self-Improvement: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1478700432/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
SRU Psychology Professor Authors Book on Enlightenment: www.sru.edu/news/080116a
Prevalence-Induced Concept Change in Human Judgment: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6396/1465
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4 years ago
1 hour 10 minutes 15 seconds

Neohuman
87: Jason Reza Jorjani
For the 87th episode of NEOHUMAN podcast, Agah is chatting with author, philosopher, professor, and co-founder of the Alt-Right corporation, Jason Reza Jorjani. Jason/Reza is an Iranian-American philosopher and lifelong native New Yorker. He received his BA and MA at New York University, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Jorjani has taught courses on Science, Technology, and Society (STS), the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, and the history of Iran as a full-time faculty member at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. From October of 2016 through to his resignation in August of 2017, Dr. Jorjani was the Editor-in-Chief of Arktos Media and Co-Founder of the Alt-Right Corporation. Until his resignation in November of 2019, Dr. Jorjani was also a Senior Advisor to the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Persian Renaissance Foundation. Most recently, Jorjani is the founder and leader of Prometheism, aka. The Prometheist Movement.
Links:
Jason Reza Jorjani: www.jasonrezajorjani.com
Prometheism: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08H5WCDR1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
The Prometheist Movement: www.prometheism.com
Prometheus and Atlas: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C6HMEA8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Faustian Futurist: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QBJ6ZL9/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
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4 years ago
1 hour 29 minutes 21 seconds

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86: Rizwan Virk
For the 86th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Rizwan Virk. A graduate of MIT and Stanford, Rizwan is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer, film producer, venture capitalist and bestselling author. His software products have been used by the largest enterprises in the world, and his mobile games, including Tap Fish and Penny Dreadful: Demimonde, have been downloaded by millions of players. His indie films, including Thrive and Sirius, have been seen by millions of viewers worldwide.

Links: 
Rizwan Virk: www.zenentrepreneur.com
The simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are In a Video Game: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07M81F1KG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Startup Myths and Models: What you Won’t Learn in Business School: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231194528/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
Zen Entrepreneurship: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CXJAH9A/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Innter Clues to Find True Success: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NBXI85B/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
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5 years ago
1 hour 7 minutes 19 seconds

Neohuman
85: Peter Ludlow
For the 85th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Peter Ludlow. Peter, who also writes under the pseudonym Urizenus Sklar, is an American philosopher of language. He is noted for interdisciplinary work on the interface of linguistics and philosophy, and has worked on the application of analytic philosophy of language to topics in epistemology, metaphysics, and logic, among other areas. He has also established a research program outside of philosophy and linguistics. Here, his research areas include conceptual issues in cyberspace, particularly questions about cyber-rights and the emergence of laws and governance structures in and for virtual communities, including online games, and as such he is also noted for influential contributions to legal informatics. In recent years Ludlow has written nonacademic essays on hacktivist culture and related phenomena such as WikiLeaks.

Links: 
Peter Ludlow – MIT Press: https://mitpress.mit.edu/contributors/peter-ludlow
Peter Ludlow – The Nation: www.thenation.com/authors/peter-ludlow
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5 years ago
1 hour 12 minutes 10 seconds

Neohuman
84: Andrés Gómez Emilsson
For the 84th episode of NEOHUMAN Agah is chatting with Andrés Gómez Emilsson. Andrés is the co-founder and former president of the Stanford Transhumanist Association. He has an undergraduate degree on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science from Stanford, and a Masters in Computational Psychology, also at Stanford.

Links: 
Andrés Gómez Emilsson – IEET: www.ieet.org/index.php/IEET2/bio/emilsson
Qualia Research Institute: www.qualiaresearchinstitute.org/our-team
Qualia Computing: www.qualiacomputing.com
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5 years ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Neohuman
83: David Pearce
For the 83rd episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with David Pearce. David is co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association, currently rebranded and incorporated as Humanity+, Inc., and a prominent figure within the transhumanism movement. He approaches ethical issues from a lexical negative utilitarian perspective.

Links: 
The Hedonistic Imperative: www.hedweb.com
David Pearce – H+pedia: www.hpluspedia.org/wiki/David_Pearce
The Hedonistic Imperative: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00SW3PKHA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1
Can Biotechnology Abolish Suffering?: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B075MV9KS2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
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5 years ago
1 hour 11 minutes 37 seconds

Neohuman
82: David McFadzean and Willy “Fritz” Herold
For the 82rd episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with returning guests, David McFadzean and Willy “Fritz” Herold. David is a software and robotic engineer, the founder of Church of Virus, and the very first guest on NEOHUMAN. Fritz’s been an engineer, computer modeler, IT expert, and always on the “implementation and production side of the world”. 

Links: 
David McFadzean: www.github.com/macterra
Church of Virus: www.churchofvirus.org
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5 years ago
1 hour 17 minutes 53 seconds

Neohuman
81: Arash Sobhani
For the 81st episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Arash Sobhani. Arash is the founder, lead singer and songwriter of Kiosk, an underground Iranian rock band. Formed in Tehran in 2003, Kiosk was forced out of Iran because of its satirical lyrics which are often critical of the social and political environment under the Islamic regime. In addition to be an active musician, Arash is a TV host, a human rights activist, and one of the signatories of an open letter to then President-Elect Trump, urging Mr Trump ‘to send the clear message that the United States will not Tolerate the increasing threats of the Islamic Republic of Iran against its citizens and neighbors’, as well as ‘to support the pro-democracy Iranians whose goal is to replace the Khomeinist regime of Tehran with a liberal-democratic government’.

LINKS: 
Arash Sobhani – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arash_Sobhani
KIOSK Band: www.kiosktheband.com
Iranians unite in Twitter campaign over planned execution of 3 protesters, leading to retrial: www.abcnews.go.com/International/iranians-unite-twitter-protest-planned-executions-protestors/story?id=71806414
Arash Sobhani – Huffington Post: www.huffpost.com/author/arashsobhani-847
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5 years ago
1 hour 13 minutes 9 seconds

Neohuman
A platform to explore and express unique observations, realizations, and understanding of, what we call, the world. Hosted by Agah Bahari.