Turkey is one of the most accessible places that Iranian activists escape to after uprisings in Iran, but it’s also one of the most dangerous. After women’s rights protests erupted in Iran recently, Iranian and Turkish students and activists began organizing rallies in Istanbul, despite the concern that the Iranian government exerts a lot of power in Turkey. Fariba Nawa reports from Istanbul.
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