Dr Olsi Jazexhiu, Assistant Professor, Department of History, International Islamic University Malaysia

Dr Assal Rad, Scholar of Middle East History

Dr Ferooze Ali, Senior Fellow, Asia-Middle East Center for Research and Dialogue

Rodger Shanahan, Research Fellow, Lowy Institute

Assal Rad, Research Director, National Iranian American Council

Fatima Qureshi, Communications Programme Officer, Musawah

Saleh Sepas, Afghan Refugee and Co-Founder, Parastoo TheatreAmin Kamrani, Documentary Filmmaker

Horace Chan, Senior Analyst - Oil and Chemicals, Bloomberg Intelligence

Assal Rad, Senior Research Fellow; National Iranian American Council; Researcher, Modern Iran; PHD Middle Eastern Studies; UC Irvine