Nov 18, 2022
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Institute Honors Iranian-American Activist Masih Alinejad with Prestigious Scholar-Statesman Award

Watch as Iranian-American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad accepts the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's 2022 Scholar-Statesman Award and speaks about her work and current events in Iran in conversation with Institute Executive Director Robert Satloff.

Read a transcript of Alinejad's remarks.

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