Inside the Iranian Uprising

0/10 2023 4K 53 min

Documentary

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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Inside the Iranian Uprising

Top Cast

Awin Mostafazadeh

Awin Mostafazadeh

Self

Mahsa Amini

Mahsa Amini

Self (archive footage)

Shiva Nazarahari

Shiva Nazarahari

Self

Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei

Self (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self (archive footage)

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Self (archive footage)

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Self

Nika Shakarami

Nika Shakarami

Self (archive footage)

Nasrin Shakarami

Nasrin Shakarami

Self

Sarina Esmailzadeh

Sarina Esmailzadeh

Self (archive footage)

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