Roya Hakakian on Iran’s Uncertain Future
From Jewish Crossroads: Jewish Identity in Times of Crisis by Tamar Ish Shalom
March 24, 2026 · 42 min · Season 2 · Episode 8
About this episode
Tamar Ish Shalom interviews Roya Hakakian about her experiences and insights on Iran and the impact of the Islamic Republic.
In this episode of Jewish Crossroads, Tamar Ish Shalom sits down with Iranian-American author and journalist Roya Hakakian, a leading voice on Iran, exile, and the lived experience of life under the Islamic Republic. Born into a Jewish family in Tehran, Hakakian left Iran at 19 in the years following the revolution, carrying with her both the memory of a vanished world and a deep understanding of the regime that replaced it. Her work, spanning memoir, journalism, and political analysis, has c...
People in this episode
Host: Tamar Ish Shalom
Guest: Roya Hakakian
Topics covered
- Iran
- Jewish identity
- exile
- Islamic Republic
- journalism
- political analysis
Keywords
- Iran
- Jewish identity
- Roya Hakakian
- Islamic Republic
- exile
- journalism
- political analysis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Islamic Republic
Places: Iran, Tehran
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