Inside the Iranian Uprising (2023)
In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody. She had been arrested by Iran’s religious police, accused of not wearing her hijab properly. The authorities said she had died of a heart attack, but rumors spread that she had been beaten on arrest. Citizens took to the streets in their thousands in fury. This is an extraordinary and shocking insight into what has been happening across Iran, revealing a regime under huge pressure and resorting to extreme cruelty to control its citizens.
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Ali Khamenei
as Self (archive footage)
Ali Hosseini Khamenei (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the supreme leader of Iran since 1989, the second person to hold the position. He had previo...
Ruhollah Khomeini
as Self (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini (17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death...
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
as Self (archive footage)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), also known as Mohammad Reza Shah, was the last Shah (King) of the Imperial State of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow in the Irani...
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
as Self
Zar Amir Ebrahimi (born Zahra Amir Ebrahimi) is an Iranian-French actress, producer and director. She is known for her role in television series Nargess, and for her performance as journalist Rahimi i...
Director
Majed Neisi