Iranian ‘gangster’ regime must change, says refugee pop star Shab

November 2022

At eight, Shab fled persecution in Iran for safety in America. She’s hopeful current protests mark the beginning of the end for the Islamic Republic.

Shab was just six years old when she started to question the Iranian regime. “I would come home from school, and I would take the hijab off and throw it across the room,” she remembers. “I would tell my mom, ‘Why mom? I’m a young girl! I don’t have boobs. I look like a boy. Who’s looking at me? Why don’t they let us be free? We’re just kids.’”