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Iran rises up: Can the mullahs be toppled?

October 6, 2022

Mass protests in Iran against the fundamentalist government – and a brutal police crackdown on demonstrations. Is the Islamic theocracy at risk? Guests: Gilda Sahebi (TAZ), Yalda Zarbakhch (DW), Daniel-Dylan Böhmer (Die Welt)

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Gilda Sahebi, is an author and journalist of Iranian origin who writes, among other publications, for the German daily the TAZ. 

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Yalda Zabarkhch heads the Farsi desk here at Deutsche Welle. 

 

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Daniel-Dylan Böhmer, who reports on Iran for the Berlin based daily Die Welt. 
 

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