Who are the protesters in Iran and what do they want?
The Briefing Room - A podcast by BBC Radio 4 - Thursdays
Twenty people have been killed and hundreds arrested after a series of protests in Iran this week - but what's behind these demonstrations? Iran is a strategically important country and so when protests happen, the world takes notice - but who are the protesters and what do they want? And how will the Iranian government and the outside world respond? CONTRIBUTORSRoham Alvandi, Associate Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political ScienceBehrang Tajdin and Jiyar Gol, reporters for the BBC Persian ServiceHassan Hakimian, Director of the Middle East Centre at SOAS, University of London. Azedor Moaveni, Iranian writerProducer: Jim Frank