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Preview: Janetyn Sayeh discusses the protests in Iran since 2022, identifying Gen Z as the "fearless" leaders who have "categorically rejected" reform within the Islamic Republic. Unlike Millennials, who led the 2009 Green Movementand sought systemic refo

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Preview: Janetyn Sayeh discusses the protests in Iran since 2022, identifying Gen Z as the "fearless" leaders who have "categorically rejected" reform within the Islamic Republic. Unlike Millennials, who led the 2009 Green Movementand sought systemic reform, Gen Z-led uprisings—such as the "Woman, Life, Freedom movement"—have been the most major instances of civic engagement against the regime.


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0:25.7

This is John Baxter, a conversation with colleague Janet Nsaya, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about the protests since 2022 against the brutality of the regime in Tehran,

0:34.1

the morality police, the Basij, the IRGC, who's led the protests on the streets heedlessly.

0:43.6

Jonathan identifies Gen Z. That's right. They make a distinction just as we do in the West.

0:49.9

Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, and then we old boomers.

0:55.2

Here's Janetin to describe who's in the streets,

0:59.2

who's fearless, heedless, reckless, bold,

1:03.6

and what is to be done in future support is the question

1:08.4

that can't be answered yet.

1:10.7

More of this tonight.

1:13.6

Absolutely it is. So speaking from my own experience, I'm a, I guess, younger millennial, I'm on the border of being Gen Z, and I was politically active when I was in Iran.

1:22.6

And what was mostly attributed to millennials at the time was the 2009 Green Movement.

1:28.5

At the time, there was still hope of reform within the system.

1:32.3

We were really hoping to not...

1:34.0

I mean, of course, everybody ultimately wanted the regime gone.

1:36.7

But we thought the first step towards that would be playing into the system

1:40.4

to see whether we can choose certain actors that might aid us in the long run.

1:44.9

Gen Z has categorically rejected that notion, which is very notable. And again, it's not necessarily

1:50.0

it's something that they developed. It's a box that they were put in by the Islamic Republic,

1:55.8

both on an economic, but more importantly, political and security level and yes what we've

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