The Uprising in Iran – Frontline

‘Don’t Be Afraid’: How Schoolgirls in Iran Helped Fuel a Protest – excerpt

“Last September, after the death in Iranian police custody of a young woman, Mahsa Zhina Amini, who had been accused of not adhering to the Iranian regime’s strict dress code, 16-year-olds Nika Shakarami and Sarina Esmailzadeh joined protests over the government’s treatment of women and girls that were sweeping across the country.”

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