Will the protests in Iran bring change?
The Inquiry
BBC
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Women in Iran have been at the forefront of protests that have swept the country for weeks.
More than 200 people have lost their lives, and hundreds of others have been detained after demonstrations following the death of 22 year old Mahsa Amini. She died after being arrested by the regime's morality police for not wearing her hijab correctly.
Women have been fighting for their basic freedoms and demanding an end to the mandatory headscarf. Many have posted videos on social media, cutting their hair or burning their hijabs in protest.
But will their anger lead to reforms in the Islamic Republic?
This week on the Inquiry, we ask: will the protests in Iran bring change?
Presenter: Charmaine Cozier Producer: Ben Henderson and Christopher Blake Researcher: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty Editor: Tara McDermott Technical Producer: Richard Hannaford Broadcast Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson
Image: Women burn headscarves during a protest over the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in Iran, in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli, Syria, 26 September 2022 (Credit: Orhan Qereman/Reuters)
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| 0:43.9 | September the 13th, 2022. |
| 0:47.3 | Massa Amini arrives in Iran's capital city, Tiran. |
| 0:50.9 | She's with her brother on a visit from her hometown in the country's western Kurdish region. |
| 0:56.1 | Suddenly, the 22-year-old is stopped by the morality police, |
| 1:00.1 | arrested and put in a van. |
| 1:03.6 | She's accused of not wearing her headscarf properly. |
| 1:06.8 | Women keeping their hair fully covered in public is a legal requirement. |
| 1:11.5 | Massa is taken into custody, then to a hospital, |
| 1:15.1 | where she dies after spending three days in a coma. |
| 1:20.0 | Thousands of outraged Iranians take to the streets, |
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