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‘I’m in awe of the ordinary women protesting Iran’s regime’

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October 6, 2022

There has been no let-up in the anti-government protests that have been sweeping Iran. The unrest was triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, 22-year-old woman who died last month in the custody of the strict religious police. Azadeh Pourzand is a human rights researcher who has extensively studied women’s rights movements in Iran. We asked her what’s different this time around.

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