Inside the Iranian Uprising (2023)

Inside the Iranian Uprising (2023)

2023-06-29 United Kingdom 53 Min. PG-13
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Overview

In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody. She had been arrested by Iran’s religious police, accused of not wearing her hijab properly. The authorities said she had died of a heart attack, but rumors spread that she had been beaten on arrest. Citizens took to the streets in their thousands in fury. This is an extraordinary and shocking insight into what has been happening across Iran, revealing a regime under huge pressure and resorting to extreme cruelty to control its citizens.

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Mahsa Amini is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Ali Khamenei is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran is Self (archive footage)
Nika Shakarami is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Sarina Esmailzadeh is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Mohsen Shekari is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Ramita Navai is Self - Narrator (voice)
Self - Narrator (voice)