Q+A covers the dramatic developments in the Middle East overnight, with claims that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in American and Israeli airstrikes.
What are the chances this leads to regime change in Iran? And were the strikes legal? Q+A speaks to Otago University professor Robert Patman, and 1News US correspondent Logan Church.
Gary Stevenson: Harsh warning for future if inequality worsens
Economist, author, and former Citibank trader Gary Stevenson from Gary’s Economics joins Q+A to warn against sharply rising inequality, wealth and asset concentration among the super-rich, and what the world of the future could look like. Jack Tame puts his arguments to the test, and asks whether Stevenson’s personal story of being Citibank’s most profitable trader in 2011 is true, ahead of Stevenson’s speaking tour of New Zealand.
Being in Iran during brutal regime crackdown
When protests erupted in Iran in January, Iranian New Zealander Irene was trapped. She tells 1News In Depth reporter Mava Moayyed what she heard and saw during the brutal regime crackdown, and recounts how difficult it was to escape.
What makes a good political heckle? We ask a serial heckler
For some politicians a heckler is an obstacle, but for others an opportunity. Whena Owen meets serial political heckler Karl Mokaraka and finds out what makes a good heckle, before turning the tables on Karl.
Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.
