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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: Women Challenge Iran’s Authoritarian Rule
Description: In Iran, there’s a feminist revolution struggling to survive. Mahsa Amini was detained by Iran’s guidance patrol last month for failing to wear her hijab properly, then died at the hands of the mullah’s morality police. Since then, women—even schoolgirls—have challenged the regime’s authoritarian rule, waving their hijabs and chanting “Death to the dictator!” Good men are joining them in a complete repudiation of the Islamic Republic. Yet Western media downplays their protests. The Biden administration is silent. College campuses, which once would have teemed with supportive protests, are quiet. Students...