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A year after Mahsa Amini's death: Repression and defiance in Iran

By Miriam Berger

15 Sep 2023 · 7 min read

informed Summary

  1. The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's morality police sparked a popular uprising in Iran, led by women and young people. Despite the brutal suppression of the protests, the movement has exposed the anger within the repressive society and the resilience of the regime.

A year ago, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's morality police sparked a popular uprising, led by women and young people, that rattled the pillars of the Islamic Republic: clerical rule, gender segregation and the security state.

In the end, the leaderless movement, clustered in pockets across the country, was no match for the keepers of Iran's authoritarian system.

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