What happened to Mahsa Amini: Inside Iran’s extraordinary uprising

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🗓️ 22 October 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In September, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran when she was arrested by the country’s morality police for improperly wearing her hijab. She died while in custody. Since then, anti-government demonstrators — many of them women — have taken to the streets in cities across the country and around the world to demand more freedom and civil liberties in Iran. Pardis Mahdavi is a scholar of feminist movements in the country. In her interview with Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu, she provides context for these demonstrations and the possible changes they could bring. Below are excerpts from the episode.

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0:00.0	This is in conversation from Apple News. I'm Shimita Bassu. Today,
0:09.4	understanding how Iran's history of women-led demonstrations shaped today's protests.
0:16.0	To my chance, I'm a man my I miss you so much because in
0:24.8	what's up karne me kunae and I'm
0:26.9	a little bit of the Italian.
0:28.0	And I'm going to get you that God.
0:30.1	This is my mom's side. My grandmother on my mom's side.
0:34.0	I love you mom's mom's side.
0:37.0	I love you mom and John.
0:39.0	My mom-on is in Iran.
0:42.0	I'm sitting here in America. She left me a message to say she's safe, but
0:46.8	what's app isn't really working reliably at the moment because of all the protests going
0:51.6	on.
0:53.0	Outside Mamon's window and in cities across Iran,
0:56.7	we're seeing huge anti-government demonstrations,
1:00.3	the biggest since the revolution in 79.
1:03.0	It all started in September.
1:05.0	A 22 year old woman named Masa Amini
1:08.0	was in Tehran when she was arrested
1:11.0	by the country's morality police.
1:13.0	The government says her crime was improperly wearing her head job.
1:18.0	It's not clear what happened next, but she ultimately died while in government custody.
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