Ellie Borhan

Ellie Borhan is an activist against the Iranian regime. Following Mahsa Amini's murder in 2022, she founded the Stage of Freedom group to raise awareness of the Islamic Republic’s human rights abuses through art and street performances

Ellie.borhan@stageoffreedom.com

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Khamenei’s war can’t save him from his own people

The Islamic Republic may hope the conflict with Israel will smother dissent. But Iranians – happy to see regime officials hit –are preparing not for battle abroad but resistance at home

By Ellie Borhan

4 min read

Iranian demonstrators taking to the streets of Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini on September 21, 2022, days after she was killed in police custody following her arrest by the country's morality police. (Image: Getty)