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Are you interested in what has happened in the world this week? Do you want to know how a Belgian Eurovision song from 1971 became a TikTok hype in Ukraine? Or do you want to know more about the ongoing protests in Iran and China?

Sinds september zijn er wekelijks protesten in Iran over de hoofddoek; de dood van Mahsa Amini was hier het startpunt voor. Onze 21bis-reporter Myrthe De Kunst sprak hierover met een Iraanse en legt uit wat er precies aan de hand is.

Iran decided to abolish the morality police after more than two months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code.

After the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, students and other Iranians have been protesting against the Iranian regime by burning hijabs and cutting off their hair. Will this be enough?

Mashid Mohadjerin takes her audience on a visual journey in her latest work 'Freedom is not free'. She portrays the lives of Iranian women following the Islamic Revolution in the Museum of Temporary Art Antwerp.

This week, Thomas More Mechelen Antwerpen celebrated the arrival of Hadis Mansouri (19), the 10.000th student to enroll in this college. A few years ago, Hadis and her family left Iran and came to live in Belgium.