Festival
Professionals
UNG:DOX
slider navigation
slider navigation
The clergy, patriarchy and the uprising in Iran
da / en
Tickets
When you have bought tickets, they will show up here
Date
Quantity
Event
Venue
    * Tickets bought via EAN are not shown here.
    Passes
    When you have bought a pass, or is assigned one, it will show up here
    Active
    Type
    Name
      Festival
      Professionals
      UNG:DOX
      Tickets
      When you have bought tickets, they will show up here
      Date
      Quantity
      Event
      Venue
        * Tickets bought via EAN are not shown here.
        Passes
        When you have bought a pass, or is assigned one, it will show up here
        Active
        Type
        Name
          da / en
          slider navigation
          slider navigation

          11. – 22. March 2026

          slider navigation
          Tickets
          When you have bought tickets, they will show up here
          Date
          Quantity
          Event
          Venue
            * Tickets bought via EAN are not shown here.
            Passes
            When you have bought a pass, or is assigned one, it will show up here
            Active
            Type
            Name
              The clergy, patriarchy and the uprising in Iran

              The clergy, patriarchy and the uprising in Iran

              Can murder be a woman's last resort in Iran's clerical regime? With the death of the Ayatollah and a breakdown in the power structure as a new backdrop, we frame the conversation about women's rights in and after Woman, Life, Freedom.

              What is it about the structure of the theocracy that can make murder a woman’s last resort in a violent marriage? In ‘An Eye for an Eye’, we follow Tahereh, who is trapped in a system where religious law, patriarchal norms and state institutions intertwine and determine her fate. The film paints an intimate portrait of a legal system where mercy, guilt and punishment are not just legal issues, but deeply political ones.

              Based on the documentary, CPH:DOX invites you to a conversation about women’s real opportunities for action in Iranian society right now – at a historic turning point. What does it mean to seek justice in a system that simultaneously restricts one’s freedom? And how will the balance of power change after the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

              In the wake of the murder of the young Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini, a nationwide movement grew under the slogan Woman, Life, Freedom (originally in Kurdish: Jin, Jîyan, Azadî). The protests in 2022 opened a new chapter in Iran’s recent history, but where does the movement stand today?

              As the power struggles have moved onto the global stage, new questions arise: Has the power struggle created rifts in the population or in the power structure itself? And what does this time of upheaval mean for those who are once again taking to the streets in 2026?

              At a time when new, violent images and footage are pouring out of Iran, the question arises with renewed force: What are Iranians and Kurds fighting for now? What hope drives them and what risks does this entail in a period marked by uncertainty and political upheaval?

              These questions are explored by Hetav Rojan, Assistant Professor of International Security, in conversation with Rasmus Elling, PhD in Iranian Studies, international political analyst Jino Doabi, and Maria Kafaei Zandeh Del, Chair of SASH (Solidarity Acts Spark Hope). Together, they discuss resistance, division, hope and the possibilities for change in an Iran in the midst of a decisive turning point.

              Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

              This conversation will be in Danish.