a 16-year-old girl. roslyn joins me to talk about what happens next. good evening and welcome to the show. war crimes, that s what russia seems to still be carrying out in its war against ukraine. early today, russian forces bombarded the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia, killing at least 17 people and wounding thousands of others. the shelling was concentrated on a number of apartment complexes in one of zaporizhzhia s most densely populated residential areas. another he instance of vladimir putin s invading army violating the laws of war. ostensibly, it served as a particularly on the battlefield against russia and we recent weeks. perhaps, the most noteworthy of which occurred yesterday, when ukrainians destroyed a massive bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula, a critical supply route for the kremlin s forces, as you might imagine, a thin skinned putin has not taken these defeats well. on the contrary, he has renewed his nuclear saber rattling, unnerving weste
witnessing what can only be described as a fourth revolution in iran. walk us through why you say that. some might say, that s hyperbole, there ve been mass protests before and is regime always survives. there have been mass protests before. that s true. this is in protest. these aren t demonstrations. what we are seeing here is a massive coalition that certainly began with a group of brave women who were protesting and rallying for their most basic rights but has since become something much bigger than this. we are seeing farmworkers and factory workers and retirees and teachers, old people and young people. the majority of the provinces in iran have now seen massive uprisings. this isn t just an urbanized middle class demonstration like we saw in 2009. obviously, it remains to be seen where this all goes. but make no mistake. this is, by now, can only think be referred to as a revolution. so, fascinating.
there have been mass protests before, that truth. but this is in protest. these aren t demonstrations. what we are seeing here is a massive coalition that certainly began with a group of brave women who were protesting and rallying for their most basic rights. but, has since become something much bigger than this. we are seeing farmworkers and factory workers and retirees and teachers. old people, young people. the majority of the provinces in iran have now seen massive uprising. this isn t just an urbanized middle class, you know, demonstration like we ve seen in 2000 and. right now, obviously, it remains to be seen where this all goes. but, make no mistake. this is, by now, can only be referred to as a revolution. so, fascinating. you also write in your piece, a quote if we start seeing the younger clergy and seminary student support from their elders, and join the protests on the streets, then that may truly signal