Arash Azizi

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Historian Dr Arash Azizi explains how Iranians are risking everything to bring down the country’s regime and describes what the future might look like for Iran.

Azizi says everything has changed in Iran since the death in September 2022 of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was brutally beaten by police forces. The resulting protests, when women came out on to the streets and burnt their scarves and workers downed their tools, was not a passing phase. The battle cry everywhere was ‘women, life, freedom’. Azizi says a revolution is taking place in Iran and a different Iran is now in sight.

Azizi has written for publications including New York Times, Washington Post and Newsweek. He is author of The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US, and Iran’s Global Ambitions and a lecturer in political science and history at Clemson University. He has co-hosted popular news shows for Iranian audiences.