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Women, life, freedom: resistance and protest in Iran

Nasrin Parvaz dared to question the Iranian regime, so they imprisoned and tortured her.

Women, life, freedom: resistance and protest in Iran

As a young woman in 1980s Iran, Nasrin Parvaz was arrested, imprisoned and tortured by the Iranian regime. In this moving interview, she shares her experience of torture and incarceration, reflects on the successive women's revolutions in Iran, questions the West's ideas of regime change, and offers a powerful call for global sisterhood.

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Sian Norris is a senior investigative reporter at openDemocracy. Her work has also been published in The Observer, The Guardian, The Times, the i, New Statesman, The Lead, The Ferret, Inside Housing and Byline Times. Her latest book is ‘Bodies Under Siege: How the Far-Right Attack on Reproductive Rights Went Global ’ (Verso, 2023). She also founded the Bristol Women’s Literature Festival.

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