Roqe Ep#257 - From Tehran to Tesla: Farzad Mesbahi, Kayvon Zand

A new wide-ranging edition of Roqe including a feature interview with Iranian-American entrepreneur and youtube content creator Farzad Mesbahi in Austin, Texas. In this heartfelt conversation, Farzad tells Jian the story of going from an immigrant kid who was a Tesla super-fan, to a Tesla employee and program manager, only to leave and become a rising YouTube star. Then Kayvon Zand, gender queer nightlife personality, actor, and musician returns to Roqe to talk about the upcoming Persian Parade in NYC. Plus, Jian opens the show with an essay about keeping the focus of the international community on political prisoners in Iran, and Super P (Parissa) joins the Roqe Roundup with Pegah and Jian to discuss Reza Pahlavi’s visit to Israel, the bravery of actress Pantea Bahram, and legal proceedings initiated in Sweden against the Islamic Republic regime.