my guest is abdullah mohtadi, leader of the komala party of iranian kurdistan. is his a fight for rights orfor independence? abdullah mohtadi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to have you on the show. i began by referring there to the tragic death of mahsa amini. would you say that her death last september in custody inside iran has changed the political dynamic inside iran? it has because on the 16th of september, she was declared dead in the hospital. the day after, on the 17th, there was a funeral in her hometown of saqqez in the province of kurdistan there are four kurdish provinces in iran and it was a spontaneous protest movement erupted in saqqez, her hometown, and it soon spread to sanandaj, the capital city of that province. and two days after that, on the 19th, it was a general strike called by the cooperation center the kurdish political parties which was fully observed. and after that, they called for a peaceful evening dem
name wasjina. the story of iran s internal discontent is incomplete without an understanding of iran s kurdish population. my guest is abdullah mohtadi, leader of the komala party of iranian kurdistan. is his a fight for rights orfor independence? abdullah mohtadi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to have you on the show. i began by referring there to the tragic death of mahsa amini. would you say that her death last september in custody inside iran has changed the political dynamic inside iran? it has because on the 16th of september, she was declared dead in the hospital. the day after, on the 17th, there was a funeral in her hometown of saqqez in the province of kurdistan there are four kurdish provinces in iran and it was a spontaneous protest movement erupted in saqqez, her hometown, and it soon spread to sanandaj, the capital city of that province. and two days after that, on the 19th, it was a general strike called by the cooperat
my guest is abdullah mohtadi, leader of the komala party of iranian kurdistan. is his a fight for rights orfor independence? abdullah mohtadi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to have you on the show. i began by referring there to the tragic death of mahsa amini. would you say that her death last september in custody inside iran has changed the political dynamic inside iran? it has because, on the 16th of september, she was declared dead in the hospital. the day after, on the 17th, there was a funeral in her hometown of saqqez in the province of kurdistan there are four kurdish provinces in iran and it was a spontaneous protest movement erupted in saqqez, her hometown, and it soon spread to sanandaj, the capital city of that province. and two days after that, on the 19th, it was a general strike called by the cooperation center the kurdish political parties called by cooperation center of kurdish political parties which was fully observe
Violence saying democracy itself will be on the ballot paper in next weeks midterm elections. Mr biden accused the former President Donald Trump and his supporters of undermining democracy and fuelling anger and violence. It has just it hasjust gone it has just gone to 30 am here on bbc news. Now on bbc news, iran women rising. Chanting the death of a young kurdish woman in iran has sparked unprecedented protest across the country. The Security Forces have cracked down but, weeks on, there is no sign of the protesters backing down. Some of the biggest demonstration so far took place a0 days after mahsa amini died. The bbc cant operate freely in iran so we rely on people sending us videos from inside the country. This time, irans Tiktok Generation are at the forefront of this challenge to the islamic regime. Rights in iran. And the world 7 in early september, mahsa amini, a 22 year old woman, and her brother, travelled from a kurdish city in western iran to visit the capital city, tehra
we saw that in the cemetery women are throwing their scarves and it was as if, for the first time, the entire society was receiving women, showing this act, and it has taken a long time for women to achieve that. they have gone beyond their fear to communicate with the society and i think that was a turning point in the feminist movement in iran. women, life, freedom, the words chanted by protesters at mahsa s funeral, struck a chord in every corner of iran and before long protest spread like wildfire across the country. they killed mahsa for a little bit of hair, just a bit of hair was visible, and look what is going on now in iran, we are removing the hijab completely. because mahsa is not a death in iran, she is becoming a symbol of resistance against religious dictatorship. compulsory hijab and strict rules on women were imposed under the islamic revolution a0 years ago and now even high school girls are daring to challenge, removing headscarves and chanting death to t