22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in Tehran police custody after being detained for wearing her hijab loosely. Her death sparked a movement. We talk with Iranian American scholar Pardis Mahdavi about the morality police and Iran’s cultural resistance. Mahdavi herself was once arrested in Tehran for lecturing about Iran’s sexual revolution. She wonders if the country’s current wave of protests might result in regime change.
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