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Briefly… Radio Farda’s New Podcast Explores The “Trauma Of The Forced Hijab”

RFE/RL Video Producer Parisa Sohbati on Radio Farda’s new podcast, “Vida.”

Iran has forced women to wear the hijab in public for nearly 45 years. But after Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody in September 2022, more and more Iranians have taken to the streets, demanding a change. RFE/RL Video Producer Parisa Sohbati explores their stories in a new podcast for Radio Farda, RFE/RL’s Persian-language service, called “Vida.”