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13 Sep 2023

Mahsa Amini: A year on from death – did protests change Iran?

Foreign Affairs Correspondent

It’s a year since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested by Iran’s morality police on the streets of Iran.

Within days she was dead – her family said she’d been beaten in custody.

Her death ignited a wave of women-led protests that shook Iran, posing the biggest threat the regime has faced in almost half a century.

A year later, after a brutal crackdown, what lasting impact have the protests had?