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Today, stories of Iranians who are staying under the country's oppressive regime to fight

for their full right to exist.

In a powerful talk at Ted 2023, actor and activist Gilleschifta Farahani reminds us that the

plight of Iranian women echoes across the rest of the world.

I dressed all in black, took my water bottle, and a small towel to protect myself from

tear gas.

I went on the street to protest.

I got kidnapped, tortured.

I'm Nikos Shatter's skull.

I'm her battered body, delivered to her family 10 days after she got kidnapped.

Eventually, she was buried without warning in some far away cemetery.

I am Puyah.

I went to protest with my mother.

She said, don't let go of my hand.

But I did.

And I got shot.

I died in front of her eyes.

I'm Kean.

I'm only 10 years old.

I wanted to become a scientist.

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