The Take: How can Iranians rebuild while crackdowns intensify?

Israel’s bombs have stopped, but grief and fear linger in Iran. As families search the rubble for loved ones, authorities are intensifying crackdowns, branding activists and minorities as Israeli agents. How can Iranians rebuild under tighter repression?

In this episode: 

• Alex Shams (@alexshams_), Editor-in-chief of Ajam Media Collective
• Mansour Momeni (@momenimansour), Tour operator and PhD candidate of Iranian history

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Chloe K Li, Haleema Shah, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Kisaa Zehra, Mariana Navarrete, and guest host, Manuel Rapalo. It was edited by Kylene Kiang and Noor Wazwaz. 

The Take production team is Marcos Bartolome, Sonia Bhagat, Sari el-Khalili, Tamara Khandaker, Phillip Lanos, Chloe K Li, Melanie Marich, Ashish Malhotra, Haleema Shah, Khaled Soltan, Amy Walters, and Noor Wazwaz. Our editorial interns are Remas Alhawari, Mariana Navarrete, and Kisaa Zehra. Our guest host is Kevin Hirten. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Aya Elmileik is lead of audience engagement.