It’s rare to hear from a dissenting voice from inside Iran, particularly now in the midst of yet another crackdown on anti-regime protesters.
But in April, to the surprise of many, prominent thought-leader Majid Tavakoli held a talk and Q&A on Twitter Spaces from inside the Islamic Republic. The topic: Why haven’t the nationwide protests led to political change?
With just a few hours’ notice, almost 200,000 listeners tuned in to hear the political activist’s critique of the diaspora opposition’s inability so far to go beyond the general slogans of the Women, Life, Freedom movement — a rallying call for protests in Iran