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Jounalist Daniela Sepehri and I joined Byline Times’ Adrian Goldberg on Monday for a 28-minute podcast setting out and evaluating the nationwide protests in Iran.
We examine the causes, the regime’s response, and the prospect that demonstrators — and Iranians — can finally get the political, social, and economic rights which they are seeking.
I draw upon my experiences in Iran almost 20 years ago, meeting colleagues, students, and others who are my friends to this day, to put today’s protests in the context of their fears, their disappointment such as the aftermath of the 2009 and 2022 protests, and their hopes.
