Iran Unveiled
Taking On The Ayatollahs
Winner: Foreign Affairs Journalism, British Journalism Awards, 2019
Nominee: Current Affairs, BAFTA TV Awards, 2019
Nominee: Current Affairs, International Emmy Awards, 2019
Shortlisted: Best Documentary - International, The Grierson Awards, 2019
“A documentary that gave a voice to women who had lost theirs” Sarah Hughes
“This programme reveals their hopes and fears and provides a vivid insight into their determination to fight for a modern, tolerant Iran, free from religious imposition and shows the heavy price they've all had to pay for their rebellion” TV Maze
It started with one woman’s act of defiance – removing her headscarf (hijab) on one of the busiest streets in Tehran, capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was an image that captured the attention of the world. Who was this woman? And was she alone in her defiance of the mullahs?
In this film, the award-winning ITV Exposure strand goes undercover into Iran to meet up with the women challenging the religious autocrats who have ruled the country for forty years.
Directed, produced and filmed by Robin Barnwell
Co-Producer: Gesbeen Mohammad
Composer: Simon Russell
Film Editor: Guy Creasey
Executive Producer: David Henshaw
Broadcast on ITV (Hardcash Productions)
