In early september, mahsajina amini, a 22 year old woman, and her younger brother travelled from saqqez, a kurdish city in western iran, to visit the capital city, tehran, for the first time. But theirjourney takes an ominous turn. As soon as they get out of the metro station, mahsa faces two morality police, a force tasked with enforcing strict islamic dress code on women in public. Mahsas clothes are deemed revealing. Mahsa is detained and taken to a Police Station in tehran. An hour later, mahsa complains about something to a female police officer. This cctv footage shows the moment she collapses in the Police Station. By the time she is transferred to a hospital she is brain dead and falls into a coma. Roya piraei and her mother, mino majidi, in the city of kermanshah in western iran, are anxiously following mahsas news. Three days later, mahsa was pronounced dead. The news of her death outraged many across the country. Sanaz karimiazar was a preschool art teacher in saqqez, the ho
With enforcing strict islamic dress code on women in public. Mahsas clothes are deemed revealing. Mahsa is detained and taken to a Police Station in tehran. An hour later, mahsa complains about something to a female Police Officer. This cctv footage shows the moment she collapses in the Police Station. By the time she is transferred to a hospital she is brain dead and falls into a coma. Roya piraei and her mother, mino majidi, in the city of kermanshah in western iran, are anxiously following mahsas news. Three days later, mahsa was pronounced dead. The news of her death outraged many across the country. Sanaz karimiazar was a preschool art teacher in saqqez, the hometown of mahsa jina amini. Chanting through her picture and videos, sanaz played a pivotal role in documenting the day mahsa was laid to rest. On the day mahsa was buried, the slogan women, life, freedom, and the very words inscribed on mahsas tombstone, would go on to resonate as Rallying Cries for protesters challenging t
Politico’s award-winning investigative journalist, Heidi Przybyla, made headlines last month. On MSNBC (where else), she was discussing the boogeyman of “Christian nationalism.”
Politico’s award-winning investigative journalist, Heidi Przybyla, made headlines last month. On MSNBC (where else), she was discussing the boogeyman of “Christian nationalism.”
Growing up in the wake of the Iranian Cultural Revolution of the early 1980s, nonfiction filmmaker and Film Independent Member Nazanin Nematollahi quickly