Alex Ritson

There have been many big moments in my life, in my professional life, but nothing compares to this moment.

Look at what I'm wearing right now, sitting in front of you, my hair not covered.

And this is how I went out last night.

This is how now I go out every day.

Some have argued that the movement in Iran after Mahsa Amini's death has been the first feminist revolution in the world.

Actress Tarana Ali-Duzdi.

Farnaz Fasihi is a correspondent for The New York Times.

She's reported on Iran inside and outside the country for 30 years.

What did she make of the interview?

Her interview was extremely courageous.

She was very articulate and came across as someone who is willing to stand up for the principles that she believes in and stand on the side of the people against rules that a lot of women have risen up against and are defying every day.

And as we see from the way that this interview has broken records, I think last I checked, it's been seen 27 million times.

What professional cost has Tarana paid for her stand?

She was arrested and jailed after posting her photo during the protests without her job.

And then she was sick for a long time and sort of we hadn't seen her publicly.

And the government had announced that she's banned from working.

Taraneh is the equivalent of a Meryl Streep in Iran.

She's Iran's most acclaimed actress with leading roles in all the major movies that have come out of Iran over the past 20 years.

Again, it's incredibly courageous and it's a very heavy personal cost that she has sort of announced that she's going to take the stand at the cost of her career.

Anecdotally, I've been told that the number of women not wearing the hijab, not wearing traditional dress in Iran is growing and that there seems to be, even in a city like Tehran, less intervention by the morality police against women for doing that.