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Iranian activists want the West to stop legitimizing Iran's regime

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Iranian activists want the West to stop legitimizing Iran's regime

French President Emmanuel Macron recently got flak for shaking the hand of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi. In part to smooth things over, Macron agreed to meet with dissidents — including journalist and activist Masih Alinejad.Her message to him and the West in general? Recall your ambassadors from Iran and don't return to the 2015 nuclear deal. "The only thing can make [the regime] survive [is] the US government and its allies to get back to the deal," Alinejad tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Iran's people vs. hardline rulers

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Iran's people vs. hardline rulers

Woman. Life. Freedom. Those three words have filled the streets of Iran since the women-led protests agains the regime erupted last September. The rallying cry began after a young woman, Mahsa Amini, died after being beaten by cops for not wearing her headscarf properly.Since then, more than 14,000 people have been arrested, at least 326 killed, and one executed. It's the biggest uprising Iran has seen since the so-called "Green Movement" in 2009, Ian Bremmer explains on GZERO World.

How the Iranian regime’s brutality is backfiring

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How the Iranian regime’s brutality is backfiring

Iran's crackdown on the ongoing women-led protests against the regime has been fierce — but uneven. Protestors in the Kurdish region, for instance, have faced brutal, and frequently fatal backlash from the government. Yet the people have come out everywhere. Why? "The more that they kill, the more people get angry to take back to the streets," Iranian activist and journalist Masih Alinejad tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Iran v. the Islamic Republic: Fighting Iran’s gender apartheid regime

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Iran v. the Islamic Republic: Fighting Iran’s gender apartheid regime

Woman, life, freedom. Those three words have filled the streets of Iran since the ongoing women-led protests against the regime, the biggest since 2009, began last September. How did Iranian women get here? On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks to Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad.

Women at a protest carrying a banner that reads "Woman, Life, Freedom for Iran" | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer - the podcast

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Podcast: After Mahsa Amini: Iran’s fight for freedom, with Masih Alinejad

Listen: Iran is being rocked by its most significant protests since the Green Movement of 2009. Since September, hundreds of thousands of young and mostly female demonstrators have filled the streets of nearly every major city from Tehran to Tabriz, many discarding their headscarves at great personal risk to protest draconian societal rules and restrictions. Iranian-American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast to discuss.

Why Iranians celebrated their soccer team’s World Cup elimination

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Why Iranians celebrated their soccer team’s World Cup elimination

Withhold your sympathy for the Iranian national soccer team, says Iranian activist and journalist Masih Alinejad. They represented the Islamic regime, she tells Ian Bremmer in an upcoming GZERO World interview, not the people.

What We're Watching: Tehran trilateral, EU food jitters, Sri Lankan presidential vote

What We're Watching: Tehran trilateral, EU food jitters, Sri Lankan presidential vote

Friends with differences in Tehran, EU fillets financial sanctions over food concerns, Sri Lankan MPs vote for president

Putin in Iran: Alliances, arms, and energy on agenda

Putin in Iran: Alliances, arms, and energy on agenda

Vladimir Putin, Ebrahim Raisi, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have a lot to talk about.

Iran nuclear deal 2.0, or war?

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Iran nuclear deal 2.0, or war?

Since taking office, the Biden administration has worked hard for the US to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which Donald Trump walked away from in 2018. Now, reaching an agreement is more urgent than ever because the Iranians are closer to getting the bomb than they've ever been. But Russia's war in Ukraine has complicated things, and some fear that even if a deal happens, the US may withdraw again with a Republican president in 2025.