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The World Next Week

Anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s Death, UN Summits On Climate and Development, Russia Recruits Cubans, and More

The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

Politics, News, News:politics

4.6845 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

One year after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police prompted widespread domestic protests, the Islamic Republic appears to have rebounded while keeping a prominent international profile; the United Nations General Assembly begins its high-level debate week with leaders gathering to attend major summits on Sustainable Development Goals and climate challenges; and Cuba arrests Russian recruiters looking for more fighters.   Mentioned on the Podcast   “Who Runs the World?... Not Women,” Why It Matters   For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/anniversary-mahsa-aminis-death-un-summits-climate-and-development-russia-recruits-cubans

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0:00.0

In the coming week, it's the one-year anniversary of Masa Amini's death in the custody of Iran's morality police.

0:08.2

And the United Nations General Assembly begins its high-level debate focused on development and climate.

0:13.3

It's September 14, 2003 in time for the world next week.

0:25.1

I'm Bob McMahon.

0:26.3

And I'm Carly Ann Robbins.

0:27.8

Carlo, let's start in Iran.

0:34.2

This Saturday is one year since the death of Masa Amini while in the custody of Iran's morality police.

0:38.6

That death triggered demonstrations that Iran hasn't seen, the scale of which it hadn't seen really since the revolution going back almost 40 years.

0:42.8

There were a lot of protests involving women and girls, but also other Iranians from really

0:47.4

many walks of life.

0:49.0

It did shake the regime, but the regime seems to have rallied as well.

0:52.2

So what can we say a year later in terms of Iran's

0:55.7

domestic situation? Well, it's pretty depressing. We've talked about this before. These were pretty

1:01.7

extraordinary protests, not in size, but in the breadth of society that came in. There were women,

1:07.8

there were men, there were young people, women tearing off their headscarves,

1:11.6

people chanting women life freedom. And for the first time, since the revolution, they were also

1:16.6

chanting death to the dictator. And so while we had seen protests on things about, you know,

1:22.2

corrupt elections, about problems with the economy, we had never really seen, as you said since the revolution,

1:28.4

this sort of a protest, and it really scared the government. Well, in death to the dictator,

1:33.5

somebody's directed at the Supreme Leader, which is a bit unheard of. Yes. And there were also,

1:38.2

we saw a video of police marching with the protesters. There was even a moment in which

1:43.4

activists managed to briefly

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