As news of her death spread, protests erupted across the country and grew increasingly virulent. But eyewitnesses reported that she'd been heavily beaten.
The government insisted that the 22-year-old, who was otherwise apparently in excellent health, had somehow died of a heart attack. On September the 16th, a young woman from a Kurdish family, Mahsa Amini, died in the Tehran Hospital after she'd been arrested by the government's religious morality police for not wearing the hijab, the headscarf that's required of Iranian women. On today's episode, we're going to take a look at what's been happening in Iran. And please kindly leave us a nice five star review. If you're not already a subscriber, please be sure to subscribe at Apple Podcast, Spotify, or anywhere else that you get your podcasts. Gerry Baker: Hello, and welcome to Free Expression, with me, Gerry Baker from the Wall Street Journal editorial page. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated.Īutomated voice: From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Free Expression, with Gerry Baker. This transcript was prepared by a transcription service.
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