Shaheen Nawai
Women's movement activist and researcher who helped found the National Union of Women after the 1979 revolution and recounted organising, repression, and exile.
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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.
