Why Beauty Itself is the Islamic Regime’s Target | Leaving the Left for Liberty | Ep 17

Bahereh Khodadoost is an Iranian-American artist and mystic. She is also host Sienna Mae Heath’s mother. As a member of the Baha’i Faith, Bahereh experienced human rights violations in Iran and left the country two months after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. During the interview, Sienna and Bahereh reflect on the recent killing of Mahsa Amini, which sparked a new revolution of men, women, and children, uniting across otherwise deep ideological boundaries to assert their rights in the face of a censorious, theocratic government. This latest uprising is being called a revolution—for and by the people, bravely led by the chant “zan, zendegi, azadi” translated as “woman, life, freedom.”

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