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Shay Khatiri on the Protests Riling Iran
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Sep 30, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
On September 16, a squad of Iranian police officers arrested a twenty-two year old Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini. Charged with improperly wearing a hijab, Amini died in police custody. Since then, suspicion that she was beaten by Iranian forces, combined with the widespread public view that she was accosted unjustly to begin with, have catalyzed widespread protests across Iran. On this week’s podcast, the writer Shay Khatiri—who grew up in Iran and participated in protests against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s election in 2009—joins us to explain how the current protests in Iran relate to those in 2009 and 2017. In conversation with Mosaic editor Jonathan Silver, he also thinks about where these demonstrations might lead and whether they hold promise of reform inside Iran. Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble.
Released:
Sep 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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