Inside the Iranian Uprising
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.
Top Cast
Awin Mostafazadeh
Self
Mahsa Amini
Self (archive footage)
Shiva Nazarahari
Self
Ali Khamenei
Self (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self (archive footage)
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Self (archive footage)
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Self
Nika Shakarami
Self (archive footage)
Nasrin Shakarami
Self
Sarina Esmailzadeh
Self (archive footage)
Mohsen Shekari
Self (archive footage)
Ramita Navai
Self - Narrator (voice)
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