Iranican is an Iranian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

 American non-profit multimedia organization. Currently, Iranican publishes video reports called Iranican Reports on a monthly basis and bi-weekly talk shows as Iranican Live on Radio Javan

Radio Javan

Radio Javan is the first online Persian radio station.- Persian music 24/7 :Radio Javan was started in October 2004 by a group of young Iranians from Atlanta and Washington, D.C. communities with the goal of providing around-the-clock Iranian music to listeners all over the world.Radio Javan plays...

 every other Wednesdays at 7PM PT.

The name

The term "Iranican" was first introduced by one of the hosts. This term was widely coined by Siamack Baniameri's book The Iranican Dream published in 2005. Iranican is a derivative of the two words "Iranian" and "American", however because in Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

, "Irani" means Iranian, it also carries the meaning of Irani[an] can.

History

Iranican was pioneered as a talk show by 8 Iranians in the California Bay Area in their early 20's on Saturday October 8, 2005. Later on, the TV show was polished and developed and officially launched as Iranican on February 11, 2006. From October 8, 2005 with original co-hosts were Ali Ebrahimi, Samira Kashani, Iman Oskoorouchi, Shobeir Shobeiri, Shadi Sharif, Salman Roknizadeh, and Shadi Vaezzadeh till December 23, 2006; Iranican aired on Saturdays from 11AM-Noon PST on Persian News Network. A day or two later, PNN was cut off Telestar5 satellite, however Iranican continued airing its shows live online directly from its website for a few weeks. PNN has not come back since, but Iranican was picked up by another Satellite Channel, Markazi TV. The first Iranican show on Markazi aired live on July 29, 2007. A few months later Markazi went off Satellite for 2 months to switch frequency while Iranican started to make short online reports and has continued to do so since. On May 21, 2008, Iranican re-launched its discussion formatted talk shows as a radio program named Iranican Live which airs on Radio Javan

Radio Javan

Radio Javan is the first online Persian radio station.- Persian music 24/7 :Radio Javan was started in October 2004 by a group of young Iranians from Atlanta and Washington, D.C. communities with the goal of providing around-the-clock Iranian music to listeners all over the world.Radio Javan plays...

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Launch

The official launch on February 11, 2006 featured Maz Jobrani

Maz Jobrani

Maziar “Maz” Jobrani is an Iranian-born American comedian who is part of the "Axis of Evil" comedy group. The group appeared on a comedy special on Comedy Central. Jobrani has also appeared in numerous films, television shows, including Better Off Ted, on radio and in comedy clubs...

, an Iranian American Comedian http://www.mazjobrani.com and Ahmad Ahmad, an Egyptian American

Egyptian American

Egyptian Americans are Americans of Egyptian ancestry, first-generation Egyptian immigrants, or descendants of Egyptians who immigrated to the United States. In the 2007 U.S. census, the number of people with Egyptian ancestry was estimated at 195,000, although some estimates range from several...

Comedian http://www.ahmed-ahmed.com/. This launch was the first Iranican show to feature a live audience in the studio and since then, Iranican has not had another show with a live audience.