BBC WORLD SERVICE – Julian Worricker’s WEEKEND Programme
In this interview, Shiva Rahbaran discusses the case of Jafar Panahi’s release from jail and the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s amnesty for political prisoners on the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The questions whether the regime is feeling...
BBC WORLD SERVICE – Julian Worricker’s WEEKEND Programme
Panel Guests, Shiva Rahbaran and Peter Tatchell, UK-based human rights and democracy campaigner, discuss climate biodiversity and LGBTQ+ rights by focusing on the Football World Championship in Qatar and the rights of transgender Waria community in Indonesia. Shiva...
BBC WORLD SERVICE – Paul Henley’s WEEKEND programme
Shiva Rahbaran’s Radio Essay on the 2022 Iranian Uprising ‘Zan, Zendegi, Azadi’, which was sparked by the death of the 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa (Jina) Amini in police custody.
BBC Interview on the detainment of the Iranian director Jafar Panahi.
Paul Henley interviews Shiva Rahbaran about the imprisonment of Jafar Panahi and other filmmakers due to their public support of the protests that have engulfed Iran since May 2022.
My personal history of sormeh on BBC World Service
In Nassim Hatam’s BBC documentary, MY PERSONAL HISTORY OF SORMEH, Shiva Rahbaran talks about eye makeup, women’s resistance and identity in post revolutionary Iran.