Sep 11, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min · 14 segments
Can the Islamic Republic survive a deepening economic crisis, growing resistance at home and a war with the United States? On this week’s episode of Eye for Iran, British-Iranian comedian Omid…
Eric MandelGuest
Omid DjaliliGuest
Negar MojtahediHost
Arash SohrabiGuest
Sara RazaGuest
Ardalan MamehGuest
Shahin AbdolghaderiGuest
I mean, many years ago, British comedians, we were supporting a Burmese political activist who went to prison because of a joke.
And then when he came out, he said, my mustache and I have just spent two years in prison.
We would say it would be funny if he went to prison and the mustache continued doing his act at the newspaper.
It's a coping mechanism, but it's also at the same time a huge political statement because we have the patron saint of comedy is Saint Lawrence.
I don't know if you knew, but he was a Christian deacon who in, I think, A.D. 250, he was arrested by the Romans and was asked to recant his faith, and he didn't.
I mean, many years ago, British comedians, we were supporting a Burmese political activist who went to prison because of a joke.
And then when he came out, he said, my mustache and I have just spent two years in prison.
We would say it would be funny if he went to prison and the mustache continued doing his act at the newspaper.
It's a coping mechanism, but it's also at the same time a huge political statement because we have the patron saint of comedy is Saint Lawrence.
I don't know if you knew, but he was a Christian deacon who in, I think, A.D. 250, he was arrested by the Romans and was asked to recant his faith, and he didn't.
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