Iran Protests: A Panel Discussion
Walking vigil 3pm from Bonn Square to St Antony’s College directly preceding this event.
Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian Woman, was killed on 16 September 2022 while in custody of Iran’s “morality police” with the charge of “improper hijab.” Her death sparked nation-wide protests in Iran, which have been met with brutal crackdown by the country’s security forces and led to hundreds of arrests, injuries, and deaths. This panel represents some voices of the protest through audio recordings, reviews the highlights of the ongoing protests, offers brief analyses of its characteristics and trajectory, and provides a platform for question and answer with the audience.

Event Format:
Voices of Protest
Panellists
Q&A and discussion
Date: 11 October 2022, 17:00
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground Floor, Investcorp Building, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford
Speakers: Edmund Herzig (Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies), Maryam Alemzadeh (Associate Professor in History and Politics of Iran), Zuzanna Olszewska (Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East)
Organising department: Middle East Centre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: mec@sant.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Caroline Davis