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Speaker 1: September six, Massa Amini, a twenty two year old Kurdish woman,

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Speaker 1: present themselves, policing everything from how head scarves are worn,

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Speaker 1: two thousand nine, and it's being led by women. My

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Speaker 1: name is Niggar Mortaza Vi. I am an Iranian American

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Speaker 1: and I'm based in Washington, d C. Nagar has had

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Speaker 1: So you've lived it around and you've had to deal

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Speaker 1: I've seen Turkish women joining, I've seen messages from Arab

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Speaker 1: It's just been an outpouring of support and solidarity, and

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Speaker 1: I think that's something that UM gives a lot of

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Speaker 1: can books get involved? Okay, well, I would say listen

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Speaker 1: the hashtags or as I Roundian women are saying, say

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Speaker 1: her name Massa Mini. That's been one of the slogans.

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Speaker 1: One of the other slogans was woman Life Freedom. It's

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Speaker 1: all income passing slogan, women Life Freedom. Zan zendegi azadi.

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Speaker 1: Um just you know, repeat this chance, use the hashtags,

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Speaker 1: share the stories, show solidarity. If you have Ronnie in friends,

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Speaker 1: talk to them, see if they need support. Here the stories, um,

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Speaker 1: just you know, show that we're in this connected world.

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Speaker 1: We really are connected, and UM, don't let them feel

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Speaker 1: like they're they're being subjective to this brutal violence on

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Speaker 1: You know, you're doing such an incredible job of curating

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Speaker 1: these conversations about life and Iran and the cultural and

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Speaker 1: political aspects of the of the country. Where can folks?

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Speaker 1: Can you tell us about the podcast and how folks

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Speaker 1: can listen to it? Sure? So, the irun Podcast started

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Speaker 1: over two years ago as a pandemic podcast. It's a

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Speaker 1: weekly interview style conversation on Iranian politics, society, culture. We

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Speaker 1: talk about these issues, women's rights, human rights. UH and

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Speaker 1: we try to go beyond just your average, UM five

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Speaker 1: minute mainstream media segments which mostly is about the nuclear

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Speaker 1: feature experts that know so much about their field. Also

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Speaker 1: on mainstream media. UM and Yes, so the podcast is

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Speaker 1: available on major platforms Apple, Spotify, Google, cast Box. I

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Speaker 1: think around ten or twelve platforms. UM. It's also available

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Speaker 1: on Anchor, dot fm, slash the Iran Podcast. That's the

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Speaker 1: main link where they can go and seal the platforms

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Speaker 1: that's available, or just search the Iran Podcast on their

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Speaker 1: favorite podcast app. I'm also very active on Twitter at

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Speaker 1: Nigo Mortazavi, where I share all of my interviews, a

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Speaker 1: lot of the information and also podcast episodes so UM

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Speaker 1: and just also great outlets that are covering the news

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Speaker 1: in Persian and also in English. UM and some organizations

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Speaker 1: and NGO as an activists that are trying to bring

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Speaker 1: this issue and keep the reporting alive in the global stage.

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Speaker 1: I am in complete all of the bravery of these

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Speaker 1: women risking their lives to fight for change in Iran

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Speaker 1: and Irani and women deserve to be heard. So let's

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Speaker 1: keep sharing their stories and amplifying their voices because solidarity

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Speaker 1: is global and their voices are powerful. If you're looking

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Speaker 1: at tangdi dot com. There Are No Girls on the

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Speaker 1: Internet was created by me Bridget Toad. It's a production

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Speaker 1: producer and sound engineer. Michael Amato is our contributing producer,

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