masih alinejad began an online movement demanding women's rights from exile.de her a regime target. is hers a struggle that can be won? masih alinejad in new york city, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. now, you have been campaigning for women's rights in iran, both from inside the country and from exile in the united states, for decades. have you been surprised by the speed and the scale of events in the last couple of weeks? to be honest, i knew the anger. i have been publishing the videos of iranian women, for eight years, practising their civil disobedience, many of them bravely filming themselves while telling the police, the morality police, "it's none of your business. i don't want to cover my hair." most of them are the true leaders of the change within the society. they're leading a movement against compulsory hijab. so for me, now, the brutal death of mahsa amini, for millions of iranian women, becoming a turning point. and it is a tipping point for the islamic republic. believe me, this is

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for to masih alinejad, an activist and author. led a movement of women to remove their hijabs, to let their hair be free, to ride bicycles, to do all sorts of things that women are not allowed to do. masih, what is going through your mind as you watch these brave women in the streets of your country? >> for years and years, you know, that in your show, i have been dreaming a day that iranian women will burn hijab in public. this is happening. the brutal death of amini is becoming a turning point for iranian women. at the same time, it's a tipping point for the islamic republic. iranian women are furious across iran. different cities, shoulder to shoulder with men. they are protesting not only against forced hijab, they're protesting against islamic republic. they call it isis. because she was an innocent person. she was not in a protest. she's not uncovered. she was wearing an appropriate hijab. that's why the police brutally killed her. the mother and father of family members have been saying that their daughter was beaten up by