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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. R ....
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 deat ....
policies to try to boost the uk economy, despite the turmoil it s created in the markets. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. two weeks ago, 22 year old mahsa amini died in iranian police custody. she d been arrested for allowing strands of hair to escape her headscarf. since then, iran has been rocked by protests led by women demanding freedom and equality. it could be the most serious threat to iran s theocratic leadership since the islamic revolution. for my guest, it s a new phase in a long struggle. masih alinejad began an online movement demanding women s rights from exile. it s made her a regime target. is hers a struggle that can be won? masih alinejad in new york city, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, you have been campaigning for women s rights in iran, both from inside the country and from exile in the united states, for decades. have yo ....
for my guest, it s a new phase in a long struggle. masih alinejad began an online movement demanding women s rights from exile. it s made her a regime target. is hers a struggle that can be won? masih alinejad in new york city, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, you have been campaigning for women s rights in iran, both from inside the country and from exile in the united states, for decades. have you been surprised by the speed and the scale of events in the last couple of weeks? to be honest, i knew the anger. i have been publishing the videos of iranian women, for eight years, practising their civil disobedience, many of them bravely filming themselves while telling the police, the morality police, it s none of your business. i don t want to cover my hair. most of them are the true leaders of the change within the society. they re leading a movement against compulsory hijab. so for me, now, the brutal ....
violence saying democracy itself will be on the ballot paper in next week s 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 can t operate freely in iran so we rely on people sending us videos from inside the country. this time, iran s 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 vi ....