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The Times podcast: The Iranian diaspora rises up

Mahsa Amini died Sept. 16 in Iran after an encounter with the country’s so-called morality police. Since her death, Iranians have taken to the streets in protest of the country’s modesty laws. But what began as a call for women’s rights in Iran has since ballooned into something so much bigger. I guest hosted this episode of The Times about why the Iranian diaspora is protesting in solidarity.

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