first elections since mass protest broke out two years ago following the death of young woman, massa amini under suspicious circumstances after she was arrested for not wearing a hijab. so krishna decides to open with the story of the late young masa amini who died. in september 2022 and according to uh coronary examinations after her death uh massa amini died from cerebral hypoxia basically disproving the claims that she was killed by security forces despite this fact he maintains that she died under suspicious circumstances typical western propaganda and he opens with it about feature report about iranian elections so this has nothing even to do with the protest that happened years ago exactly so making it worse uh krishnan then finds a young non hijabi woman on you're not covering your head, do you feel worried about being out when you're not covered? no, no, nobody's ever given me any trouble, no one has. is that normal in terron, everywhere in tehran or is it just here? no, no, i haven't had trouble anywhere. i don't think he liked what... he said, did he? uh, not so much. he seems qu

was the first parliamentary election in iran since the sustained mass protest over the death of massa amini. does the turnout tell you anything? it's another reminder john that iranians know their living the religious dictatorship that can't be reformed via the valid box. i think what's particularly insulting for iranians is that all politicians. lie everywhere, but when you're being ruled by a religious government that rules from moral pedestal and engages and this level of corruption and repression, i think it's even more insulting than just being ruled by your run of the milk corrupt dictatorship. we have enough trouble uh believing polls here in the united states, so i hesitate to put so much or read too much into those opinions expressed in that poll, but do the findings square with your understanding about public. sentiment in the greater population of iran? definitely, i think everyone who um has been following iran for a while or is visited the country has has noted these popular sentiments for many years now, that after four and a half decades of living under religious government,