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What’s it really like in Iran - for its citizens and the Jews who still live there? 
Iran’s major cities, Tehran and Isfahan still have functioning synagogues, but the communities have declined sharply since the Islamist revolution which shapes the world today. 
Let’s discuss today's Iran with someone who really knows it.
This is an interview conducted in Israel just a matter of weeks before October 7th. 
During the heady late summer days of weekly judicial reform rallies, this is Dr Meir Javedanfar.
He was born in Tehran to a family from the city of Isfahan.
Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian-Israeli lecturer, author, and commentator. He's taught Iranian politics at Reichman University in Israel since 2012. 
He is the coauthor of Ahmadinejad’s biography, “The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran".
He has published many articles on Iran and Iran-related matters for Foreign Affairs, Al-Monitor, The Diplomat, The Guardian and others.
He's guest lectured at more than 20 universities and his Ph.D dealt with Mohammad Reza Shah’s security decision-making in relation to threats posed by Iraq and the Soviet Union.
Eight months after his bar mitzvah in 1987, Meir and his family moved to the U.K as Jewish refugees from Iran. 
He remains a committed Anglophile, he never quite left the English sense of humour behind, so listen out for a Basil Fawlty joke!
Whatever the status of the JCPOA in the wake of Iran’s first ever direct assault on Israel, he told me he supported it - and said Israeli military experts in the know did too… Why? 
And he took part in the Iranian Revolution in 1979 - yes really! - but seven Jews were killed and the Persian Jewish population collapsed from 100,000 under the Shah to where it is today: a paltry and declining 7,000.
So why was there a revolution in 1979 in the first place? 
The mullahs are wary of their own people, scared of American soft power, led by the threat of feminism. 
This really is a fascinating interview which deserves the light of day, its own episode.
This is Dr Meir Javedanfar Ph.D.
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Iran's war against Israel comes fully out of the shadows.
Since Iran's unprecedented direct attack on Israel, Jonny compiles and hosts the first of a regular news bulletin rounding up major stories as the Middle East conflict is being realised as the Iran-Israel War.
These regular bulletins expose the Iran Octopus as the prime mover in the Middle East conflict.
All of the soundbites from world-class experts are compiled from interview episodes of Jonny Gould's Jewish State podcast. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.
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You’ve been on protests and rallies countering the never ending anti-Israel hate marches in London. 
You look on wondering why Saturdays in central London are allowed to become the domineering space for terror supporting hordes and their throngs of useful idiots, as they snake past the splendid museums, jaunty theatres, flagship stores and centuries old architecture which talk of deep British traditions. 
Tolerance of protests is an expression of our freedom and values.
But our free country and its values must be allowed to survive. 
President Macron outlawed them in France immediately after October 7th. He looks wise in retrospect.  
And then across the road amid the Palestinian flags and disgusting antisemitic placards, you see men you recognise with long coats, big hats, payot, beards and white socks. 
The inexplicable Neturei Karta, the ultra orthodox anti Zionists, who literally side with the deathly enemy. 
It’s one thing to be a religious Jew and believe Israel can only exist from the messianic age onwards.
It’s quite another to flirt, to consort with those who chirp for Israel’s destruction. 
To support Iran and its proxies. 
And as you’ll hear they actually believe they’re safe standing with these terrorist supporters - and believe antisemitism started with the Zionist movement and the formation of the State of Israel in 1948. 
These are the most, extreme and unpleasant views ever expressed in Jonny Gould’s Jewish state but I believe we have broad enough shoulders to take this dissent from an extreme minority - and put it in its place. 
And that place is in the dustbin of the wrong side of history. 
So I walked through the police cordon and stood with the repugnant Islamist agitators and hatemongers with their Palestinian flags and covered faces and confronted the frummers. 
I must confess I left them, with a feeling of despair because of the sheer treachery and lack of faith in what was said to me. 
I ran a poll of regular listeners to see whether I should even run this as an episode. The result was 2/3 to 1/3 in favour of running it. 
So here it is. You’ll hear two members of the sect. 
Jacob Miller and Alte Hochhauser.
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Iran's war against Israel comes fully out of the shadows.
Since Iran's unprecedented direct attack on Israel, Jonny compiles and hosts the first of a regular news bulletin rounding up major stories as the Middle East conflict is being realised as the Iran-Israel War.
These regular bulletins expose the Iran Octopus as the prime mover in the Middle East conflict.
All of the soundbites from world-class experts are compiled from interview episodes of Jonny Gould's Jewish State podcast. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.
To support Jonny's coverage of October 7th from Israel's perspective, make a donation or buy him a coffee here or here - and thank you.
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This is a rather special episode featuring a competition winner from North West London Jewish Day School who won the chance to make an episode of Jonny Gould's Jewish State. 
Awareness of news and current affairs is certainly heightened by the pressure of social media - so imagine a young person growing up in this day and age.
I ran a competition for the pupils of Year 6 and I said to the class, “get me an interesting interviewee and write down the questions you’d like to ask them”.
I was delighted that 11-year-old Maya Amit stepped up to the plate and secured time with the Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, who invited us to his home. 
This episode is presented with Lemon Soul in loving memory of the late Jonny Zucker, a born educator, children’s author and primary school teacher, who also trained as a radio journalist. His mission was encouraging children to read, he visited school after school, library after library.
With thanks to the Chief Rabbi for giving us his valuable time at home, to competition winner Maya Amit and mum Raquel.
To Miss Caplan and Mr. Radomsky at North West London Jewish Day School and to Nigel Canin and all at Lemon Soul, a publishing house from EdTech company, 2Simple, in loving memory of the late, great Jonny Zucker.
Jonny, I hope you’d be proud of this initiative x
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The Islamic Republic of Iran emerges from behind the regional proxies it's used as pawns until now to take direct action against Israel.
Over 300 suicide drones, ballistic and cruise missiles targeted Israel from multiple fronts from Iran, as well as Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
99% were intercepted, mostly outside of Israel's airspace by Israeli, British, American, French, Saudi and Jordanian forces. 
So what tactical change by Iran does this signify? Have they ramped up a level towards their endgame, the step-by-step systematic, premeditated domination of firstly the Middle East - and then the world. 
Ruth Wasserman Lande is former MK for the Blue and White Party, she served as advisor to Shimon Peres and as Deputy Ambassador at the Israeli embassy in Cairo.
Her parents arrived from Soviet Lithuania. They lived in Ashdod before moving to South Africa.
Then she decided to make Aliyah and return to Israel. 
Since October 7th, she’s addressed groups of parliamentarians from across Europe and hasn't held back telling them in graphic form about the extreme violence, burning, shooting, raping and murdering of civilians on that terrible morning.
I caught up with Ruth in London as the European Jewish Association organised a tour of Jewish community leaders in London, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. 
Hear why she says the IDF should go into Rafah and finish off Hamas once and for all as well as what Israel should do with Iran.
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