massoumeh ebtekar, in tehran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. m ebtekar, as a former vice president for women in iran, are you ashamed of what the iranian state is doing to your country's women today? well, first of all, you painted a very grim picture of my country, as many western media — they've been doing that for years and years now about iran. we do have challenges, and we had a major challenge, in terms of dealing with our young people and particularly our women a couple of years ago. and that was due to the issue of the hijab, and the fact that our younger generation has questions about their lifestyle, about their independence, about their freedom to choose their lifestyle. but things are improving. we've had a presidential election, and president pezeshkian, who is an academician, he's a surgeon, he's a very forward—looking person, he's been elected. and he has promised to bring about change in many different areas. yeah, you say things are changing and giving me the positive case — but surely, if you are particularly a young iranian wo

massoumeh ebtekar, in tehran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. madam ebtekar, as a former vice president for women in iran, are you ashamed of what the iranian 00:00:57,229 --> 2147483051:37:13,329 state is doing to your 2147483051:37:13,329 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 country's women today? welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. both in its role as regional power confronting israel, and in terms of its internal stability. in the confrontation between the iranian internal security apparatus, and those women in the country demanding life and freedom, and an end to what some un officials have termed "gender apartheid". my guest today is massoumeh ebtekar, a former vice leadership in danger of losing its grip? in many different areas. yeah, you say things are changing and giving me the positive case — but surely, if you are particularly a young iranian woman today, you are in grave danger of falling foul of the extremely heavy—handed morality police. let us look at one particular case from just a few days ago, that of ahoo daryaei. now she, as you kno

massoumeh ebtekar, in tehran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. country's women today?

my guest today is massoumeh ebtekar, a former vice president in iran for women and family affairs.