Abbas Milani Explains How Authoritarian Regimes Use Fear To Stay In Power

Published: April 4, 2019

In spite of systematic gender discrimination at every level, Iranian women have continued their fight for inclusivity. As a result, Iranian women have become harbingers of a movement of civil disobedience. The women’s movement is not just about the veil – it is about breaking the authority of a repressive regime.

This video’s audio is excerpted from Abbas Milani’s 2018 Hoover Institution Spring Retreat lecture. 

Additional Resources

• Listen to the full talk, “Septuagenarian Men, Young Women, and the Social Media in Iran: Prospects of Democracy in a Despotic Iran” featuring Abbas Milani. Available here. 
• “The Paradox that is Persia: Abbas Milani at TEDxStanford.” Available here.