The story
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.
Cast & crew
Mahsa Amini
Mahsa AminiSelf (archive footage)
Ali KhameneiSelf (archive footage)
Ruhollah KhomeiniSelf (archive footage)
Mohammad Reza Shah PahlaviSelf (archive footage)
Zar Amir EbrahimiNika Shakarami
Nika ShakaramiSelf (archive footage)Sarina Esmailzadeh
Sarina EsmailzadehSelf (archive footage)Mohsen Shekari
Mohsen ShekariSelf (archive footage)Ramita Navai
Ramita NavaiSelf - Narrator (voice)Explore the crew
- Producer
- Majed Neisi
- Producer
- Sasha Joelle Achilli
- Director
- Majed Neisi
- Producer
- James Allnutt
- Director of Photography
- Majed Neisi
- Producer
- Daniel Edge
- Editor
- Brad Manning
- Editor
- Mike Hammond