Thank-you Ana Lily for educating us!

Thank-you Lily for educating me, and thank-you Sarah!

Thank you Ana Lily Amirpour for bringing to light the reality of the Iranian Regime. Life in Iran, especially as a woman, sounds awful. I agree with the necessity for a separation of Church and State. But as an American, I really have to discourage the way you describe Iran vs the USA in terms of duality Good/Bad Light/Dark Hero/Evil Ork/Alliance. Iran sounds more oppressive in many ways when one compares the United States; however, I would like to provide some testimony to the reality of the United States. For example, in my life I have lived in an American Concentration Camp. Not many people have heard of places like THE APPALACHIAN DETENTION CENTER , and they are hidden from the populace. But deep in the mountains in Virginia, and many other states, I can assure you we have CONCENTRATION CAMPS. I was found to have a few handfuls of Marijuana. I faced 30 years in prison for this offense, as a 19 year old. The State will trick you. They will offer a suspended or partially suspended prison sentence, if you complete this 6 month militarized program. Sounds like a no-brainer right? 6 months over 5-30 years in prison? What they don’t tell you, is only 15% of inmates actually complete the program. Or 85% will fail, only to be hauled back to their respective courthouses for re-sentencing, just how you arrived - in shackles. Only… you already pled guilty as part of a plea deal and you have 5-30 years prison time suspended. You only pled guilty because you thought you were going to complete a 6 month program instead. Too bad, you already pled guilty to 5-30 years in prison, and now you are fully at the mercy of the state. Guess you're going to get that 5-30 years after all. Because this program is a “voluntary condition of probation”, typical laws that relate to the care of humans incarcerated DO NOT APPLY. They don’t tell you, you lose your freedom to speak. You lose your freedom to use the bathroom. You lose your freedom to drink water. You lose your freedom to eat. You are forced into labor without pay. You are constantly physically and mentally abused, spat on, being called every name in the book, all day, every day. Being forced to exercise until you're throwing up, or you become injured and have to leave the program - only to be re-sentenced. Constantly ordered around like your the dog of an abusive pet owner. I love to tell the story of when one person was discovered to speak. This was in winter. The entire compound was instructed to only put on our gym shorts and white t-shirt, our socks and boots. It was a cold December night, actively snowing, with about 8-12 inches of snow on the ground. We were told to march or stand still outdoors until someone came forward to snitch on the accused who spoke one sentence. Well no one would snitch. So we stayed outside until the following morning. About half of the compound fell ill after that night. We were not allowed to have jackets, or pants. That is a form of torture. This would never be legal in the prison system, but here in these Concentration Camps, the government has allowed this treatment through LEGAL LOOPHOLES. They have allowed themselves to commit crimes against humanity. I write because I feel what you're saying about how bad things are in Iran. Truthfully the situation sounds worse than in the USA. But I caution you when describing certain nations in a dualistic manner. The United States is an Oppressed Nation. Actually, I think just about all Nations on this Earth are Oppressed in the Modern Era. Just because you don’t see it, doesn't mean it isn't happening. There are a lot of other issues we face in the United States, this is just a tiny slice of what has been happening, and continues to happen. I hope to see a world where all pyramids crumble, all slaves are freed, and all oppression lifted. We are all in this struggle, together.

Thank you Sara you're my hero for sharing your platform

Thank you both you beautiful angles. Rlly appreciate it that you are trying to be our voice. it means a lot to us. on behave of people on the streets i salute U. one way or another we are gonna get rid of this motherfaking regime.

This was highly informative. Kudos and thanks to you both.

She's such a great director. I loved 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'. I recently saw her directorial episode 'The Outside' (w/ Kate Micucci) from 'Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities' series. She's freaking brilliant.

Thanks Sarah and love you lilly , you share our story with world, we fight for life and we couldn't give up, at all right now the whole free world knows about Iran situation and shouldn't sit back and watch this brutality This podcast was amazing Thanks you girls , love you two from Iran ❤️✌🏻 #WomanLifeFreedom

You are uniquely positioned to cover these kind of issues. Go in, more specials. Brief briefing on the state of topic, and a credible guest. #Salute

Seeing your podcast for the first time! Thanks for paying attention to Iran and also bringing such an accomplished artist to inform your audience. I am little surprised thought that Ana Lily Amirpour incorrectly, to be fair she did say "I have to fact-check me", but still I think the screenshot at about 19:34 is not enough to correctly state the facts. The airline that was shut down was not Canadian, but Ukrainian, and I was happy to demonstrate with them in the Washington DC area. There were however, many Canadian citizens on board flight 752 that was shut down by the Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on January 8th 2020, which was more than three years ago, and not two as was stated by Ana Lily Amirpour. There is a wonderful documentary that I am surprised that Ana Lily Amirpour has apparently not seen yet. It is available on Apple+ by the title "752 is not a Number". The filmmaker is Babak Payami and it is the story of Hamed Esmaelion who goes back to retrieve his spouse and daughter who were murdered by IRGC on January 8th, 2020. And if I make a suggestion Sarah, please invite Hamed to your show (@esmaeilion on twitter) to tell his story and the incredible cruelty shown by the thugs in Iran!

sarah, i love you, but, almost everything wrong in iran can be traced back to usa foreign policy. have someone speak to that and we will start to see what's really happening. believe me, i did a complete 180 on what i thought for over 20 years once i saw the facts.

❤ Merci!!!❤

Man, listening to the pod cast I was really moved , then the commercials hit. Perfect timing ~~

Hooray. You're on.

Wow, super interesting. Good luck Lily.

60k subscribers.... 56 comments and now 57 because of me pointing out the obvious. . keep going sarah, you're about to get there.........

Just stumbled upon this podcast ❤

Amazing, thank you 🙏

F**king fantastic episode.

I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!!!

Just listening to this conversation…. It was def Interesting.

There is no current or likely US/Iran Nuclear Deal in 2023. Having absolutely no cooperation for International inspectors to directly monitor Iran's stockpiles is a scary result of that decision.

interesting and i agree with a lot of the things being said, but... the iran nuclear deal does not simply "give" them money, it allows them to access some of their money that was frozen. the iran nuclear deal does not simply rely on iran doing what they promise, there is monitoring, both in person, cameras, detectors, and intelligence. iran has had sanctions for years, on and off since 1979, i have trouble believing a few more years are going to cause a revolution. look at cuba, sanctions since 1962 haven't worked there, and we are still imposing them! while iran may not be able to trade with the west, it does with china, uae, and others. given the choice of slowing their nuclear program down and not slowing it down, i would choose slowing it down. i'd love to see a democratic regime there, maybe someday. it probably would be a better regime today, if we hadn't overthrown democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favor of strengthening the monarchical rule of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, on 19 August 1953. love the podcast! i've listened to every episode!

THANK YOU for this

"Straight from the horse's mouth," reportedly comes from the 1920's, from the act of checking a horse's teeth to divine its age, rather than trusting the horse's current owner as to how old his or her horse might be. The older the horse, the longer the horse's teeth, which is supposedly where the phrase "getting long in the tooth," comes from, to describe an older horse that is probably not spry enough for horse-racing or strong enough for farming-related chores.

Can we talk about the poorly placed advertisements?

It was Ukrainian airline. 53 Canadians died. PS752

If you're dissing the sisters you ain't fighting the power.

But what about Saudi Arabia?

if anyone wants to help theres a weekly protest in orange county corner of culver and barranca.

Charlie Hebdo invited 300 cartoonists (a number Iranians) about the situation in Iran .. must read.

SCHLEPPY... WE ARE WINDING DOWN

Damnit thought it was Anna K

Handmaid's Tale... plus like say more . not aloud to say

I believe the shootdown of the Ukrainian aircraft was due to a trigger-happy Basiji member who allegedly thought that the aircraft, which was taking off from Tehran, was a missile. This was after the standoff that Iran was having with the US after Trump killed Soleimani. Many Iranian-Canadians who were all working or studying at some of Canada's top universities lost their lives in this senseless act of violence by the bloodthirsty Islamic Republic

I think it is more about control of women, that and fear which leads to hate.

Finally Sarah went back to saying Winding down. Whoever called into say she should say “rounding down” was a moron. No one says that unless it’s math.

I agree, she's cooler than hell.

👍👍! Great and wawaweewa. And those ogres need to go, everywhere always.

Sounds like she really loves Lord of rings!!

doing some ad makes me wonder why trade credibility, fuck that, always yer biggest fan, then dog food, ok may listen loved Doug. But i would say adios to any ads, omfg. sorry from a fan from snl day one, long way.

the U.S. negotiated with the taliban so they unfortunately i think they will negotiate with the mullahs.

the archontic infection already provoking metastasis on poor Sarah....

Good work, news from first hand. As well fills good for my brains to put them back on longer videos from short tiktok 🙂 So as I see with my eyes, Haiti wants Russia, Africa loves China,USA already knelt in front of Venezuela,Brazil is protesting...And we never demanding anything, from universal health care, free schools living wages,endless USA wars outside of our borders Are we able at least to think about regime change in USA,is it too early for us or we just need more time to wake up ...

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