42: Chaos or Opportunity: Re-thinking Fault Lines in Iran-Israel Relations with Alireza Yazdi

04/07/2025 30 min
42: Chaos or Opportunity: Re-thinking Fault Lines in Iran-Israel Relations with Alireza Yazdi

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, Ruth Mojeed Ramirez sits down with Alireza Yazdi, director on the board of the Canadian International Council, a Canadian with both Persian and Jewish roots, to explore the deeply personal and political complexities of the Israel-Iran relationship. Against the backdrop of escalating conflict and shifting power dynamics in the Middle East, they discuss identity, belonging, and what it means to witness two ancestral homelands in tension. Is there space for dialogue and diplomacy, or are we entering a new era of entrenched division?

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