This is John Batchel, conversation with the author and journalist Nilo Tabrizzi, who with her colleague,

Fatima Jammapur, have a new book about Iran, Iran in the protest by the young people these last years

against the regime, for the sun after long nights, the story of Iran's women-led uprising. We speak of

the disorder, the turmoil, the threats, the violence, the camaraderie. But at the same time,

we speak of how Iran is today. And here, Nilo gives an understanding of how it is that there are different

ethnic groups. They have their own language, their own traditions. But in Tehran, they blend,

as Nilo explains. There's a story of heroic endeavor here based on the protest after the murder of a young woman for nothing

because the morality police didn't like the way she was arranged had her hair arranged the protest

continues and this is the story however of Iran today, even under the regime.

Much more of this tonight.

For the sun, after long nights, Nilo Tabrizi will now tell you how it is.

Have different groups all come together in the capital city, Tehran.

Here's Nilo.

No, I mean, I think it's such a different experience, I think, for many people that are

from ethnic minorities, if they come to Tehran, there's a feeling of wanting to blend in.

Like I asked my father, I said, weren't you scared to immigrate to Canada?

And he said, no, because I moved to Tehran

when I was 11, and that already felt like immigrating for me. Yes, he spoke Farsi in school,

but his mother tongue is Azari. That's a language he speaks at home with, spoke at home with his

parents and his family. It's a language sometimes he speaks with my mom when he doesn't want us to

hear what they're

saying. But, you know, when he is like many people coming from your province to the capital,

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