SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
The family of Mahsa Amini visited her grave in northwestern Iran today on the one-year anniversary of her death while in the custody of Iran’s morality police. Amini’s death sparked nationwide protests that triggered a brutal crackdown by security forces. And today at the graveyard, that show of government force continued with a massive swarm of soldiers and police.
NPR’s Peter Kenyon has been speaking with Iranians forced to flee their homeland in the wake of the uprising. They see a population still desperate for greater freedoms and government determined to prevent that at all costs.
PETER KENYON, BYLINE: Nele (ph) is 32 years old. She’s from Hamadan in western Iran, where she used to work in the tourism sector. Now she’s left Iran. Nele asks that her family name and precise location not be disclosed. She’s concerned about…
