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EPISODE · May 22, 2026 · 1H 21M

Mehran Seyed Emami: Witnessing Iran

from The Witness Room · host Malek Asfeer

In the first episode of The Witness Room, Malek sits with his friend Mehran Seyed Emami. A therapist and the founder of Ravan Nama (a Persian psychedelic society).They talk about what it means to be Iranian right now: the war, the diaspora, the infighting, the exhaustion. They talk about ayahuasca, MDMA, the limits of being right, and the slow work of meeting people where they actually are.

In the first episode of The Witness Room, Malek sits with his friend Mehran Seyed Emami. A therapist and the founder of Ravan Nama (a Persian psychedelic society).They talk about what it means to be Iranian right now: the war, the diaspora, the infighting, the exhaustion. They talk about ayahuasca, MDMA, the limits of being right, and the slow work of meeting people where they actually are.

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