"On September 16, 2022, in Iran, Mahsa Amini died after being beaten by the morality police for not wearing her veil in accordance with Iranian law. Her killing prompted a wave of protests all across the country, and grew into a woman's movement without precedent. Marjane Satrapi gathered together three specialists--political scientist Farid Vahid, acclaimed journalist Jean-Pierre Perrin, and historian Abbas Milani--together with sixteen of the most brilliant comic artists to tell the story of these events and their significance for Iran and for us all"--Page 4 of cover.
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