Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Location: Sufi Mediterranean Restaurant, 5915 Balboa Ave, SD, CA 92111
Registration required: free for members, $10 for non-members.
Short Presenter: Mr. Jamshid Maramkhah
Topic: Duduk (Balaban): an ancient Armenian woodwind instrument with a rich history.
About Presenter:
Mr. Jamshid Maramkhah is a musicologist who is born and raised in Iran and immigrated to US in 2014. He studied music at Tehran University with emphasis on ethnomusicology. He plays numerous folks wind instruments from various part of Iran.
Language: Farsi
Main Presenter: Dr. Mehrzad Boroujerdi
Topic: Who Holds Power in Iran? After the Israeli Attack
The Israeli response to Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, followed by a twelve-day war with Iran, is reshaping the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. Within Iran, the cumulative pressures of war—compounding long-standing social, economic, and political strains—have exposed new vulnerabilities in the Islamic Republic. This talk examines how power is currently structured inside Iran at a moment of heightened external confrontation and internal stress. Where does real authority now reside? How resilient is the system of governance, and what are the prospects for leadership succession or internal fracture? Finally, the presentation explores how Iran’s ruling elite is likely to manage these overlapping crises and what this moment may reveal about the future trajectory of the Iranian state.
About Presenter:
Language: Farsi
