Journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad has been urging Iranian women to take off their veils for almost ten years.
In 2014, five years after fleeing Iran to the United States, she launched a social media campaign in which women posted clips of themselves without the hijab.
Her activism has been so troubling to the regime in Iran that they even planned to kidnap her and bring her back to the country, but the plan was uncovered and stopped by the FBI.
- I don't have weapons, I don't have guns and bullets.
I have social media and it scares the regime, says Masih Alinejad to the Foreign Office.
"Spreading terror in society"
Now, eight years later, the women still take off their hijabs in protest, but they no longer stick to social media.
Instead, they are out on the streets or at school without their hair covered.
The latest protests started after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested by the country's morality police and then died in their custody.
The police claim that Amini died due to health problems, but according to witnesses, she was beaten.
Masih Alinejad says that the moral police exist to spread terror in society.
- It's not just that they arrest and abuse people.
They force relatives of those who die to appear on television and say it was suicide.
"Women are the future"
It is far from the first time Iranians have demonstrated against the country's rule, but it is more hopeful now, believes Masih Alinejad.
- Now people are out burning veils.
That means they are burning one of the mainstays of this religious dictatorship.
The future is bright because the future of Iran and the Middle East are these women.
Hear more from Masih Alinejad in the clip above and see more in the Foreign Office: The anger in Iran, Tuesday at 10pm on SVT2 or in SVT Play from 8pm.