with that, we bring in masih alinejad, an iranian journalist and activist and author of "the wind in great to have you here as always. >> thank you. >> martha: your movement has exploded on the streets of iran. incredible courageous men and women who have been fighting for freedom. what do you make of this dispute, which was the latest wrinkle in the face of the iranian regime to remove that symbol from the flag? >> i have to say i'm thankful to the u.s. federation for doing that. that is not the flag of the iranian people. people in the streets facing guns and bullets, they're burning the flag. let me tell you, under that flag, people are getting raped. people are getting tortured. people are getting killed. teenagers, children. more than 400 people got killed. including 52 children. forget about that. look, now people are talking about world cup. no? half of the population, women, are not allowed to go to stadium to watch football game. how would you feel, martha, if in america saying you cannot go and watch football because you're a woman? how would you feel? >> awful. i heard you

masih alinejad has been in the crosshairs of the iranian security forces. a plot to kidnap her in new york. but the iranian government has denied it was involved. if it was not the fbi stopping the kidnapping plot, i would have been in iran now executed. the fbi actually arrested a man with a loaded gun in front of my house in brooklyn. maybe they are scared of my hair, i don't know, i don't know why they are scared of me. like masih, during the latest protests, many influential iranians figures have used social media to break through state media censorship. through state media censorship — from footballers to actors, from scholars to singers. they have expressed their support. in this clip, songwriter shervin hajipour uses the wording from people's tweets to compose a song about why the islamic republic should no longer exist. iranian security forces arrested shervin immediately. but it was too late. his song had already gone viral. singers in iran and around the world covered his song. # for all the pills we pop just to get some sleep # for all mankind an

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you know, i've spoken to masih alinejad about this.ur focus on the teenagers and some of the children. strong enough to protest in the streets. children who have been killed, taken away from their parents, put in prison as a result of these protests. you're so right. the extraordinary bravery of the individuals on the street. we saw it sort of embodied in this game. there was a really beautiful moment, which i put on my twitter feet of an embrace between the u.s. player and a very -- just bereffed iranian player, a nice moment. a moment that you see between young men, hugging the guy from the other team, feeling his pain, understanding what he's going through. it's so heightened here, will. >> and that moment, i know what you're talking about, martha. it's anthony robinson, america's right back. he goes up to -- i don't know if we'll see it. he goes up to an iranian player that is just overly -- i don't say overly. extremely emotional. he embraces him and hugs him. it's significant. there's an attempt to brainwash every citizen in thin