(ahmadabadi and erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink and ahmadabadi are the two decorations on the wall. one is a picture of the supreme leaders. the other one depicts the famous iranian poet omar khayyam, holding a glass of wine and abe tiful woman. is this poet were to go out on the street like oday, he'd be in serious trouble. (erdbrink speaking): ♪ (chanting) >> erdbrink: perhapst is not surprising mr. big mouth is choosing the supreme leader over the poet. he doesn't want to let the wicked western world in. but ayatollah khamenei was still allowing the nuclear talks to continue. and as long as the sanctions were here, i, just like all iranians, had to deal with the side effects. "we cannot locate the bank that your card belongs to. press get your card." so you can't use atms, because our banks are not allowed to do business in iran. ta-da! you end up with stacks of cash. try stuffing this inr wallet or pocket! ♪ while the sanctions were meant to keep the western out, one western product has always been available in tehran: the american dollar. (s

(erdbrink speaking): (ahmadabadi speaking): (ahmadabadi speaking): (erdbrink speaking): >> ♪ bring meof the "happy" song were forced to appear on state television. with their backs to the camera, they had to exess their deepest regrets. (woman speaking): >> erdbrink: after that, the judge gave them a sentence of 90 lashes, suspended. ♪ (erdbrink and ahmadabadiea ng): (motor starting) >> erdbrink: day after day, this lonely soldier went out to defend what he thought was the right ideology of the islamic republic. but by his own admission, the tide was against h.so ciety was changing, and no matter how much he wan, he feared thahe would end up losing his battle against modernity. (sging) ♪ two months later, much to big mouth's regret, president obama signed the nuclear deal, lifting sancons against iran.r, a day la after 544 days in jail, my colleague jason was released in a prisoner exchange. ♪ (erdbrink and man speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (man speaking): (erdbrink laughs) (man speaking): (erdbrink and man speaking): (m and erdbrink speaking): (man 2 speaking): (man 1 speaking): (m

and ahmadabadi's wife speaking): rdbrink speaking): in (erdspeaking): (erdbrink speaking): (ahmadabadig mouth always makes me chuckle a bit. ven't changed.ake, his ideas he is still the same religious equally zealous, the rious police have been confronting women on the street, protesters who dare to climup on one of these power boxes without a headscarf. situation gets more tew the when this woman refuses to climb down, an officer steamrolls her. (crowd gasps and yells) she las badly and breaks a leg. (woman crying): >> erdbrink: she was arrested and could be sentenced up to ten years in prison. wh i see this video on instagram, i'm amazed at how cheerfully banafshe told me a few days earlier how she gothe idea for her action. (erdbrink and banafshe speaking): (banafshe speaking): (e brink speaking): >> erdbrink: banafshe's almostn carefree tone isark contrast to the strong reactions from the religus side. and it was only a matter of time before big mouth ao weighed in. on instagram, he threatens to kill one of the promoters of th. campaign when you read his words, he suddenly becomes

(ahmadabadi speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink and ahmadabadi speaking):g mouth has been swayed by the social change in iran. a few years ago, that seemed inconceivable. now his computer is on 24 hours a day. and his wife no longer hides away in the kitchen.s and more, she recor entire conversation on her own cell phone. (eebrink and ahmadabadi's w speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink and ahmadabadi speaking): (ebrink and ahmadabadi's wife speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink speaking): (ahmadabadi speaking): >> ebrink: mr. big mouth always makes me chuckle a bit. but make no mistake, his ias he is still the same religious zealot.y equallalous, the religious police have been confronting women on the street, protesters e o dare to climb up on on these power boxes withoua headscarf. on instagram, i see how the situation gets more tense. when this woman refuses to climb down, an officer steamrolls her. (crowd gasps and yells)an she lands badly d breaks a leg. (woman crying): >> erdbrink: she was arrested years in prison.tenced u