Woman, Life, Freedom: Is Iran on the verge of a women's revolution?

In September 2022, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini is arrested by the religious police in Tehran for wearing her hijab incorrectly. After her detention, she is beaten by security forces, falls into a coma and dies. The murder of the young Iranian woman sparks nationwide outrage: Since September 16, 2022, Iranians of all ages from all parts of the country and from different educational and professional backgrounds have been protesting not only against the security forces, but also against the state leadership and the political Islamic system. At the center of this movement are young women as the driving force. If protests have taken place repeatedly in previous years, this time they are far more extensive and appear to have enormously broad social support.

The question is whether this movement is actually different from previous waves of protest and whether it is more sustainable. Are we really witnessing the beginning of a necessary political and social transformation of Iran this time, or will the regime manage to intercept the protests again? We will discuss these and other questions with journalist Solmaz Khorsand on March 22, 2023 at 7pm in SZ 15.21 of the RESOWI Center (A2).