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Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Miriam Namazee.

Miriam is an Iranian-born writer and activist living in the UK. She's the spokesperson of One Law for All and the Council of X Muslims of Britain.

She's co-authored many books including Sharia Law in Britain, a threat to One Law for All, and Equal Rights.

Enemies not allies to the far right and the political and legal status of apostates in Islam.

This episode is all about the current uprising in Iran, and because it's a time-sensitive episode, I'm releasing it all at once to both subscribers and the public.

Miriam and I talk about the death of Masa Amini in police custody and the protests that her death have caused all over Iran.

We talk about the Iranian morality police and the laws and customs governing how Iranian women have to dress and behave.

We talk about the strange alliance of conservative Islam and Western intersectional feminism.

We talk about the legacy of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, which turned Iran into an Islamic state.

We talk about the robust black market for Western and secular content in Iran.

We talk about what we in the West can do to support Iranian women and protesters and much more.

So without further ado, Miriam Namazi.

Okay, Miriam Namazi, thanks so much for coming on my show.

Thank you for having me.

So we're going to talk about the Iranian protests today, but before we get to that, I'd like you to just give a little summary of who you are.

I imagine probably a good deal of my audience has heard of you, but if you could just give a little biography of how you came to care deeply about the issues we're going to talk about today.

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