On this edition of Encounter, two Iran watchers discuss what triggered the recent women-led anti-regime protests in Iran and brutal crackdown by Tehran. Veteran foreign policy journalist, Laura Rozen, and director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute, Alex Vatanka, join host Carol Castiel to analyze the significance of the protests sparked by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, and their wider ramifications.
Iran Anti-Regime Protests
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Veteran foreign policy journalist, Laura Rozen, and director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute, Alex Vatanka, join host Carol Castiel to discuss what triggered the recent women-led anti-regime protests in Iran and brutal crackdown by Tehran.