Subscribe to the Daily Signal Podcast wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss out on our morning interviews or evening news.Ĭordero: Victoria, thanks so much for talking with us today. And every weekday at 5:00 PM we bring you the top news of the day. Each morning, catch interviews with policy makers, leading experts, and conservative activists as we discuss some of the greatest challenges facing our country and offer solutions for a brighter future. The Daily Signal Podcast brings you two episodes every day in the same podcast feed.

> Five days a week, two episode formats, one mission, to deliver the news you care about and analysis on the biggest issues facing America. But first, a short message from the Heritage Foundation. What is it that sparked these historic protests? Could they bring positive change to Iran? And what is the proper response from the United States? Today, Victoria Coates, a senior research fellow in international affairs and national security at Heritage explains. Iranian state media has reported the death toll to be around 60 but that number is likely higher. Footage has also surfaced of Iran's morality police and other security forces using excessive and lethal force against protesters.

Students have refused to go to school, flooding the streets, and footage of men ripping down billboards of Ayatollah Khomeini have surfaced.

Crowds of brave Iranian women have been seen removing their hijabs and throwing them into fires, cutting their hair, and shouting death to the dictator.Ĭordero: Women have been the driving force behind these protests but they are not alone. Michelle Cordero: From The Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.Ĭordero: Widespread protests have erupted in Iran. What was it that sparked the unrest? Could it bring positive change to Iran? And what is the proper response from the United States? This week Victoria Coates, a senior research fellow in Heritage’ s Thatcher Center for Freedom, explains. Widespread protests have erupted in Iran.

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