BONUS: William Mehrvarz: What Iran's Regime Does Not Want You To See
Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer
Living Lchaim
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🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer.
William - born and raised in the Islamic Republic of Iran — reveals the shocking truth about what’s really happening inside Iran right now.
After escaping the Iranian regime and converting from Islam to Judaism, William opens up about the brutal government crackdowns, the nationwide internet shutdown, and why over 10,000 Iranians have been killed while the world stays silent.
He shares his personal story of faith, identity, and courage, and exposes how the regime is silencing voices with violence, censorship, and fear. From Elon Musk’s Starlink efforts to global hypocrisy about human rights, this is a conversation that will change how you see freedom forever.
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William's full story: https://youtu.be/NyfYnMp_8rA
William's full take on Iran: https://youtu.be/IhxOtMqpdKE
William's X account: https://x.com/WilliamMehrvarz
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| 0:00.0 | What in the world is going on in Iran? What's happening with the Jews in Iran? We have our favorite Muslim convert to Judaism, William, who, by the way, you should follow him on X. We'll drop it down below if you haven't yet. And let's just get right into it. Of course, thanks to our sponsors of this week's episode, PZDLs, and of course, Will Salis. Here we go. William, thank you for being back here. Of course. For those who don't have the luxury or haven't seen the full episode about who you are, can you give them a little bit about who you are? Absolutely. First of all, thank you very much for having me. This is, I think, the third time that I'm on your show. |
| 0:37.9 | First guest to be here. |
| 0:38.6 | I think so. It's an honor. It's truly a pleasure to be here. My name is William Mavars. I was born and raised in the Islamic Republic of Iran into a Muslim family. When it was a teenager, I discovered Judaism, went through a lot, and decided that I wanted to be Jewish. eventually by the age of 24. |
| 0:54.8 | I moved out of Iran, |
| 0:56.8 | went to IU, converted to Judges. lot and decided that I wanted to be Jewish eventually by the age of 24. I moved out of Iran, |
| 0:56.8 | went to IU, converted to Judaism, got married, and have two kids, and here we are now. |
| 1:01.1 | Wow. Okay. So could you tell us what's been going on in Iran in the past two weeks? |
| 1:07.4 | Right. If you've been paying attention to social media or anything else, you know that |
| 1:11.9 | something's going on for the past two weeks, as you mentioned, in Iran. Usually with these things, |
| 1:16.9 | protests erupt due to economic hurdles and difficulties that the Islamic regime has inflicted upon |
| 1:24.3 | the people, and then eventually they morph into more anti-regime |
| 1:28.0 | uprisings and protests. In this particular case, this uprising ended in bloodbath, |
| 1:34.0 | and it has been two weeks of continuous protests, government crackdowns on them, and lots of casualties. |
| 1:40.8 | I don't know exactly know how long, but in the past few days, maybe longer, the regime |
| 1:45.3 | shut down the internet. |
| 1:46.8 | Right. |
| 1:47.2 | This is not the first time that they've done something like this. |
| 1:49.8 | In the past in 22 and 2017, the 2019, I'm sorry, the protests, they also shut down |
| 1:56.6 | internet for a very short period of time. |
| 1:59.2 | This time around, it's been almost two weeks that |
| 2:02.7 | the internet has been shut down. And it's a little bit different. In those two cases that I mentioned, |
| 2:07.2 | 2019 and 2022, they shut down the internet for three days and they caused a lot of destruction and |
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