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    Commentary: Are protests over Mahsa Amini’s death by Iran’s morality police a turning point?

    by Farshad Askari, Chicago Tribune Sep 29, 2022 3 minutes
    People participate in a protest against Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi outside of the United Nations on Sept. 21, 2022, in New York.

    Mahsa Amini. Could this be the one? Could hers be the name that leads to seismic change?

    As an Iranian American watching the dramatic events unfold in Iran, I’m afraid to hold my breath. For I have seen this narrative play out before. The Green Movement protests of Iran in 2009 due to election fraud claims. The protests of 2019 in Iran due to fuel costs and food shortages. In both cases, I hoped for the change that would lead to a free Iran, one in which

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