CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi Photo: Supplied
The headscarves women are required to wear by the Islamic Republic of Iran are now becoming a symbol of defiance. Women are burning them in the streets and school girls are removing them, chanting slogans criticising their clerical authorities.
The unprecedented protests started last month following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who was arrested, and reportedly beaten, by the country's notorious "morality police" for her hijab being deemed too loose.
London-based CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi was born in the United States to an Iranian father and Japanese mother. After moving to Iran in 2003 to work as a reporter, she was arrested in 2009, accused of espionage and spent 101 days in prison. She went on to write the book Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran.
Dozens of people stage a demonstration to protest the death of a 22-year-old woman under custody in Tehran Iran on September 21, 2022. Photo: Anadolu Agency via AFP
