Ali Beek Zaday, how are you, brother?

You!

I'm going to arrive, I'm great.

I'm super excited.

I'm going to start by reading a quote from something you sent me in a voice memo.

We've been going back and forth.

And I'm going to have you introduce yourself,

but I want to read this first. And you said, you aren't a historian. You aren't an economist.

You are a passionate Iranian who cares about your ancestral homeland, and you hold it dear to your

heart. The love and connection between Iranian and Israeli people need to be

amplified more. And man, I'm so glad to have you on the podcast to amplify your voice and your

message and to also show people that the Iranian people and the Israeli people stand together

against a common enemy, the Islamic Republic regime in Iran. And I want to give you

an opportunity to tell your story, your family story, your people story, and we'll just go with it

from there. So welcome to the podcast, brother. Who are you? Phil everybody in. Thank you, brother.

I really appreciate you having me. As I've told you before, before you're having me here, like, I

don't really have much of an interesting story, or rather, should I say, traumatic or tragic

upbringing or story of relatives and family. In reality, I've had the best life here in Australia. No offence, the best country in the

world. I'm a first generation immigrant. My family and I, we left Iran as immigrants following

shortly after the Iran-Iraq War, the eight years of misery that my country

and Iraqis has had to endure, many of which the blame goes to Khomeini himself, the founder of

the Islamic regime occupying our beloved homeland today.

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