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EPISODE · May 4, 2026 · 1H 5M

Iran 2026: What the Entire World Gets Completely Wrong About Its People | Aakash Nambiar | EP 108

from Find Your Ultra · host Vipin Sharma

Iran is being bombed. The world is watching the war. But nobody is talking about the people.Aakash Nambiar - known as Barefoot Mallu - is an ultramarathoner and traveler who spent a month living in Iran. He ran there. He ate there. He was invited to secret midnight parties there. And right now, his friends are still inside, texting him between internet blackouts, not knowing if they'll be alive tomorrow.In this episode of Find Your Ultra, Vipin sits down with Aakash for his third appearance on the show - and this time, the conversation is unlike anything we've done before.This is not geopolitical analysis. This is a human story.WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE:→ What Iran is actually like - from someone who lived there for a month→ The underground party scene that will completely shatter your image of Iran→ The Cyrus Cylinder: the world's first human rights charter, written in Iran before Christ→ Why Iran is not an Arab country - and why that matters→ The real reason Iran and Israel are at war (it goes back to 1948)→ Do Iranians actually want this war? What Aakash's friends are saying from inside Iran→ Lebanon - the country that didn't start this war and is losing it anyway→ The Strait of Hormuz and why Iran's biggest trump card may also destroy it→ What samosa, biryani, kulfi, and ice cream have in common with Iran→ The hostel Aakash stayed at in Iran - now completely bombed→ A message from inside Iran: "I don't know if I'll be here tomorrow. I just want someone to remember."

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