A demonstrator with arms raised during a protest for Mahsa (Jina) Amini, who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic’s “morality police”, in Tehran on 19 September 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)

Iran’s feminist revolution reaches a tipping point

Scenes previously believed to be unthinkable are playing out in Iran, with young women protesting against the country’s hardline regime.

Iranian women have been strategising on how to challenge gender discrimination for decades and now their cries of freedom are reverberating, not just across their country but right around the world.

Guest: Mona Tajali, Associate Professor of International Relations and Women Studies at Agnes Scott College

Listen to the program from ABC Breakfast.