Unveiled: Inside Iran's #WomanLifeFreedom Revolt

By Jonathan Harounoff

Book Overview

"Unveiled takes us inside the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement, sparked by the slaying of a young woman for wearing a loose hijab, in what became the most serious challenge the regime has faced in forty-six years. Harounoff has given us a nonfiction drama replete with heroines and villains, one that is sure to captivate readers." -PETER KANN, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent and former publisher, The Wall Street Journal

In September 2022, twenty-two-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Jina Amini is killed by Iran's morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab too loosely. Outrage triggers nationwide protests. Women rip off their headscarves, setting them afire. Others cut their hair in open defiance. Key industries are brought to a standstill, and once-revered banners of the country's Supreme Leader are incinerated. It's the greatest challenge to the Islamic Republic of Iran in its forty-six-year history-not coming from a foreign adversary but from their own freedom-seeking women. Women and girls, perhaps for the first time in the history of the modern Middle East, take center stage in a nationwide uprising, clamoring for a freer Iran and chanting the now-viral battle cry of: "Woman, Life, Freedom."

Award-winning British-Iranian journalist Jonathan Harounoff, now serving as Israel's international spokesperson to the United Nations, demystifies the context leading up to these historic protests inside Iran and abroad and examines the potential future ramifications. With much of the global spotlight focused on the Islamic Republic's dangerous foreign policy agenda, Unveiled: Inside Iran's #WomanLifeFreedom Revolt pays tribute to the people of Iran who have paid the ultimate price for freedom.

"Absolutely enlightening " -Dr. Phil

"An accessible account of modern revolt that illuminates the resilience of Iran's people." -Kirkus Reviews

"Unveiled vividly portrays the unwavering resilience and courage of the Iranian people in the face of the regime's repression. It is no longer a question of 'If' a new Iran will emerge but 'When.'" -Nazenin Ansari, publisher and managing editor, Kayhan London

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1685136524
• ISBN13: 9781685136529
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Black Rose Writing
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Incredible

In September 2022 a woman in medical school was murdered by the Morality Police in Iran for not wearing a hijab. She was neither first nor, sadly, the last. But in her honor the Women/Life/Freedom movement was begun in a country where attire is dictated and enforced by law. But support through social media has been inadequate and more women and their families have suffered under the regime. A good exposure of the political scene in Iran for the past 1000 years and especially the last 130 years which have shown such dramatic changes. This book to perfect to study with color marker in hand. P.S. Women in Switzerland did not begin to vote until 1979. I requested and received a temporary uncorrected digital galley from Black Rose Writing via NetGalley. I purchased an audio read by Lorna McPeek when I had personal visual issues reading the PDF. #Unveiled by @jharounoff @blackrosewriting @bookbub @goodreads @thestorygraph #womensrights #genderabuse #politicalstagnation #legalizedmurder #Iran #Persia