Narrator now on frontline, inside the iranian uprising. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More at macfound. Org. And by the frontline Journalism Fund with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. And Additional Support from koo and patricia yuen, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. waves lapping narrator this is iran. A country where young people film and share their lives every day on social media. crowd chanting in farsi narrator this is also iran, an Islamic Republic ruled by a supreme religious leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. In september 2022, antigovernment pro
Narrator now on frontline, inside the iranian uprising. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More at macfound. Org. And by the frontline Journalism Fund with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. And Additional Support from koo and patricia yuen, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. waves lapping narrator this is iran. A country where young people film and share their lives every day on social media. crowd chanting in farsi narrator this is also iran, an Islamic Republic ruled by a supreme religious leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. In september 2022, antigovernment pro
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
back here in the u.s., the horrific scene. the rookie police officer fired from the force after shooting an unarmed teenager who was in his car eating a burger at mcdonald s. the disturbing body camera video showing the officer opening the car door and then opening fire. the uproar tonight involving the los angeles city council. the council president now resigning as president 24 hours after a leaked recording. what she is heard saying about a white councilman s black son. other council members also heard on that audio. the urgent search tonight for a missing 14-year-old girl in boulder, colorado. last seen with two older men at a high school football game. the alleged messages from another state to her friends. and what authorities are now saying tonight. the concern at several major airports in the u.s. after hackers based in russia targeted laguardia, l.a.x., o hare, hartsfield-jackson in atlanta. hacking their websites. if they can do this, what else can they do? gi