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What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom

Author:
Arash Azizi
Read by:
Sara Bahadori
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Book
11
Narrator
8
Release Date
January 25, 2024
Duration
6 hours 5 minutes
Summary
The first major book on the uprisings in Iran in 2022 and 2023

On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday is next week. But she is arrested as she comes out of the subway – the Guidance Patrol deem her hijab inadequate. On Friday she is pronounced dead. By Sunday, women have taken to the streets across Iran, setting their headscarves on fire and cursing the Supreme Leader. Months later, workers down their tools and businesses close. The battle-cry everywhere: Women, Life, Freedom.

This isn’t a passing protest wave; something has changed irrevocably. Arash Azizi guides us through Iran ablaze, history being made in real time. From an International Women’s Day celebrated inside Iran’s most notorious prison to mass strikes in Kurdistan, ordinary Iranians are taking risks to fight for a better future.

Even as the regime spills blood in retaliation, Iranians have not given up. Today one thing’s clear: no Supreme Leader can turn the clock back. A different Iran is within sight; Azizi shows us what it might look like.
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Profile Avatar Stephanie B. Apr 2026

This was a fascinating account that inspired me to learn more about Iranian history.

Profile Avatar Reilly S. Apr 2026

This was my VIP monthly selection so I could better understand the place my country is brutalizing. Shameful. For someone well-versed on this country/topic/geopolitics I can’t speak to how good this book is. For an ignorant person like me, it was a compelling look into the grassroots resistance movements inside a tyrannical government.

Profile Avatar Philip H. Apr 2026

Very informative book about how the majority of Iranians, especially women, have been living in Iran for the past 50 years. The story starts under the rule of the Shah, the takeover by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, and the years since. The Iranians are educated and appear to want Western technology, but have been under sanctions and living with limited goods and under ultra conservative Shiite rules. A good introduction to Iranians for those with no insight about life in Iran.

What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom

What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom

Author: Arash Azizi
Read by: Sara Bahadori
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