The war between the US-Israel alliance and the Islamic Republic of Iran rages on and one facet of it has played out on Australian soil with the case of some of the Iranian female soccer team members who sought asylum in Australia, but under coercion most have changed their minds. I play some commentary about this fiasco from ABC sports commentator Tracey Holmes. (0:39-3:36)

Mahdi Athari is an Iranian who migrated to Australia in 2013. He works for government agencies on large railway projects. He is involved in local community affairs and advocacy within the Iranian diaspora. 

This weekend in Melbourne the Persian community will be celebrating NOWRUZ, the Persian New Year, and this provides an opportunity for our two ancient nations (Iran and Israel) to come together at a special event and celebrate. Booking details are available here. (3:42-17:46)

I play a talk by Olga Deutsch, the VP at NGO Monitor and Senior Fellow at the Misgav Institute for National Security on the topic Europe and Iran: Why the Silence? that she recently presented at a MediaCentral briefing. (17:52-40:07)

Repeat of large part of the interview with Senator Sarah Henderson from last week. (40:07-57:32)