Roqe Ep#235 - Free the people’s filmmaker, Jafar Panahi! - Shiva Negar, Nassim Varasteh

Another new edition of Roqe as part of the Uprising series featuring powerful Iranian voices from across the diaspora on the movement for change. Feature guests include actor and human rights campaigner, Shiva Negar, joining us from Los Angeles, and martial arts champion and karate star, Nassim Varasteh live in the Roqe Studio, on her recent campaign to bring awareness to executed Iranian athlete Mehdi Karami. Plus, Jian launches the show with a heartfelt call to action on the imprisoned award-winning Iranian filmmaker, Jafar Panahi, who has begun a hunger strike to protest his treatment as a political prisoner. And the Roqe Roundtable convenes with regulars Pegah and Shaya.