what you see on the streets of tehran was completely unimaginable before the death of mahsa amini and the process. you see women walking without headscarves and without a hijab, they used to be this uniform that women wear a raincoat kind of thing. they don t wear that any more and this is completely unfathomable seven months ago. so this is happening in iran and iranians hardliners, that is what the regime is likely. they are complaining on a daily basis that this is happening on the streets of iran in wintertime stop what is going to happen in summer? it s warmer is that women are going to wear more revealing clothes during that period so they are very concerned. however the regime is between a rock and hard place now because there are hundreds
confronted decisively. the judiciary is telling prosecutors to hand down sentences quickly, and the internet is all none of the apps work, no social media works. so, people can t liaison with one another and mobilize. and most importantly, for the authorities here, they can t upload videos of these rolling crackdowns. there have been a lot of arrests, yasmin. they are being made during the day as well, when the government officials have identified people that have been going out to the protests, they ve been arresting them at home and the office, indoor rooms. they ve also closed down all the universities across the country because, as you know, universities in iran have traditionally been a hotbed of dissent. people are still coming out, yasmin. i have to tell you, the scenes you see on the streets of tehran, just on a normal day, with the protests are not happening is a real shock for me. women are just walking around the streets without head
have taken place since this weekend, and as you mentioned, one human rights organization saying at least five people have been killed so far and dozens others are injured and it seems these small scale protests are spreading at this point, despite the crackdown by authorities. we have also seen women on the streets of tehran coming out and defiantly taking off their head scarves and chanting death to the dictator. yes, and we re seeing that over and over. you mana, thank you for that report. we ll continue to follow this in iran. a new twist in the case featured in the very popular serial podcast. why a judge just freed the man convicted of murder after 23 years in prison. new evidence of torture chambers in ukrainian cities abandoned by russian troops. we re joined by a member of the senate intelligence committee who was just briefed on the situation. okay season 6!
ceiling which was just a few meters away from you. it was unbelievable. the end of a nightmare that began when this british iranian citizen was kidnapped from the streets of tehran in 2017. as i went down the road, and streets, some car pulled over and four men, i think it was, for they jumped out and said are you? and i said yes. one of them gave me a piece of paper, showed it to, me and said read it. it was written something like anti-espionage. it was a court order. it s that i should be arrested. it was taken to a cell at the notorious prison, with no explanation or understanding of what was about to unfold. when did you sort of realize the enormity of what was going to happen? was it not like that in the moment? now you are just disoriented. you just don t know what is going on. i was taken to 2:29.
because the ceiling was about a half a meter above our head, waking up to a ceiling about a few meters away from you, it was unbelievable. the end of a nightmare that began when this british iranian citizen was kidnapped from the streets of tehran in 2017. as i went down the road, on the street, suddenly a car pulled over, and four men, i think it was four, they jumped out, and said are you mr. ashoori and i said yes. and one of them gave me a piece of paper and said read it. and it was anti-espionage. it was a court order that i should be arrested. eventually taken to his cell at the notorious prison, with no explanation or understanding of what was about to unfold. when did you sort of realize the enormity of what was happening, or was it not like that in the moment?