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Is Iran At A Tipping Point? Violent Protests Shake Up The Middle Eastern Country

Is Iran At A Tipping Point? Violent Protests Shake Up The Middle Eastern Country

The Alex Pierson Show · 640 Toronto / Curiouscast

September 23, 20229m 59s

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Show Notes

The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by Iran's so-called morality police has sparked angry protests, with women burning their headscarves in a defiant act of resistance against the Islamic Republic's strict dress code and those enforcing it. Is this the point where Iran has to look at itself and wonder if this is the way to go? Mariam Memarsadeghi, Senior Fellow with the Macdonald Laurier Institute and Founder / Director of the Cyrus Form, joined Alex to talk about it.

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