Haidet (Haideh) Aragahi
Former literature professor and organiser in the 1979 women's protests who described planning March 8 events and confronting counter-protesters during the revolution.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 54min
Lessons from the women of Iran's 1979 'stolen' revolution
Shaheen Nawai, activist who co-founded the National Union of Women; Haidet Aragahi, former literature professor who organised March 8 protests; Minou Jalali, lawyer and activist from the 1978–79 protests. They recount mass street demonstrations, clashes with counter‑protesters, the hijacking of revolutionary hopes by clerical forces, brief openings for independent organizing, and the turn to underground resistance and exile.
