A discussion with Behrooz Ghamari, author of Remembering Akbar: Inside the Iranian Revolution, on Rising Up with Sonali.

“Nearly 40 years ago, a major revolution took place in Iran to overthrow the Western backed-Shah. The Iranian revolution was a pivotal moment in world history that continues to have repercussions today. A legacy of the late 1970s that remains intact in today’s Iran, is the imprisonment of dissidents. Iran’s infamous practice of incarcerating people for political reasons forms the basis of a beautifully written story called Remembering Akbar: Inside the Iranian Revolution.”

The full feature can be found on Rising Up with Sonali here.