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Notes from America with Kai Wright

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🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Young Iranian Americans are witnessing a historic moment, as deadly protests in Iran continue over the death of a 22-year-old woman who died while in custody of the Tehran Guidance Patrol, better known as morality police. We invited some of them to share how they are processing these events and finding ways to participate from afar. Narges Bajoghli, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, joins senior producer Kousha Navidar and host Kai Wright to talk about Mahsa Amini’s death and the response in Iranian communities across the U.S.

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0:00.0	It's notes from America, I'm Kai Wright.
0:09.8	In September, a young woman in Iran named Masa Amini was killed by the Iranian government's
0:14.7	morality police after she was detained because some of her hair was showing from under her
0:20.1	job.
0:21.1	Masa was 22 years old.
0:23.6	Her death has triggered waves of protest often met by violence from the government.
0:28.5	One human rights group estimates the death toll has reached over 130 people.
0:33.9	These protests often led by women have surged in size and scope.
0:37.6	They are now happening all around the world and around the United States.
0:41.9	With this moment affecting so many Iranian-Americans, we wanted to make space to talk about what's
0:47.2	happened, what's happening, and why it matters.
0:51.0	To help me do that, I'm joined by our senior digital producer, Kusha Navidar.
0:54.5	Kusha?
0:55.5	Hey, Kai.
0:56.5	Kusha, you were actually born in Iran, right?
0:58.9	Yeah, I was born at the end of the Iran-arach war and my family came to New York after.
1:05.5	Coming to America in a moment of crisis, there's trauma around that.
1:10.0	I've been thinking about what people are experiencing there and here.
1:15.0	What's coming up for you right now?
1:17.2	The first thing I keep thinking when I watch is, how can I be useful, which I think is
1:21.3	a pretty universal feeling?
1:23.2	There's a question that comes up, one that I think is a little more specific.
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