Women in Iran

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Iran has voted for a new president and BBC Persian Service presenter, Rana Rahimpour, hears from different women in conversation on what life is like in the country. Three young women, including one 17-year-old, join Rana to discuss their fears, frustrations and hopes for the future. A pharmacist and doctor share their experiences in two hospitals after the country underwent a fourth wave of infections. They describe the long days and the financial challenges in the health sector, including the relatively low pay. Rana is also joined by two of her colleagues from BBC Persian to discuss the difficulties of reporting on your homeland from thousands of miles away in London.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Ranah Rahimpur on the BBC World Service, and this is BBC OS Conversations, Women in Iran.
0:12.5	With the country voting for a new president, we bring together women living in the country.
0:18.2	A doctor and a pharmacist discuss how they're coping with the waves of coronavirus,
0:23.2	plus three young women on everyday life in Iran.
0:27.3	Our lives are under suffocation, hatred, suppression and frustration.
0:33.7	And after these everyday news of election, of corruption, it's so impossible to live here.
0:43.3	Before we hear those conversations, I wanted to share with you what it's like to report on a country from thousands of miles away.
0:50.4	I'm a journalist living in London working for the BBC's Persian service, who was born in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
0:57.7	The new president following Friday's election will take over from Hassan Rohani, who succeeded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2013.
1:07.4	Mr. Ahmadinejad was anti-American, famous for his heated speeches and close to left-wing leaders in South America.
1:15.5	His comments have left a legacy for the country as they resulted in several sanctions against Iran, increasing the financial hardship for many.
1:24.0	You will also hear reference to the revolutionary God in our conversations,
1:28.5	which is in charge of looking after the political system's values. They have their own
1:33.6	intelligence system involved in suppressing dissent and a branch involved in proxy wars.
1:39.7	Before we hear from inside the country, I spoke to my colleagues Kastran Aji and Kavan Hosseini
1:45.5	about reporting on our homeland from afar.
1:48.8	Even in a normal circumstances, it looks like mission impossible for us.
1:53.7	It's very difficult because it's not just we don't have access, we are not on the ground,
1:58.9	the security apparatus.
2:00.6	They actively deny people
2:04.1	right to be interviewed by free press outside the country. So many people reject any interview
2:12.0	with BBC Persian or any such media organization that is not connected to the regime, not because they don't want
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