Women, life, freedom: The chants of Iran’s protests

Protests develop in Iran after the demise of a younger girl who was detained by the nation’s morality police.

An image obtained by AFP outdoors Iran reveals Iranian demonstrators taking to the streets of the capital Tehran throughout a protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody on September 16, 2022 [AFP]

For practically two weeks now, protests in Iran have been gaining momentum. The spark was the demise of Mahsa Amini, also called Jina, a younger Kurdish girl who died after being detained by Iran’s morality police for “improper hijab”. However the gas for the demonstrations is one thing many ladies throughout Iran have been feeling for many years. At present, a glance into the protests rocking the nation.

On this episode: 

• Dorsa Jabbari (@DorsaJabbari), Al Jazeera correspondent

Episode credit:

This episode was produced by Negin Owliaei and Ruby Zaman with our host, Halla Mohieddeen. Ruby Zaman fact-checked this episode. Our manufacturing group contains Chloe Okay. Li, Alexandra Locke, Ashish Malhotra, Negin Owliaei, Amy Walters, and Ruby Zaman. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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