How Mahsa Amini’s death sparked protests in Iran

Across nearly five decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s radical religious rulers have launched brutal crackdowns on demonstrators seeking social justice and political freedom.

A new book by Yeganeh Torbati, The New York Times’ Iran correspondent, and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, head of digital at Iran International, a Persian-language news station based outside Iran, focuses on how the 1979 revolution failed to live up to its promise and why generations of Iranians have maintained their willingness to protest.

Host Nick Schifrin and the authors of “Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran” discussed the death of Mahsa Amini and the widespread protests it sparked.

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