It was apparent to Mary Louise Kelly that people on the street wereafraid to talk to her for fear of reprisals from Iran’s clericalrulers. The National Public Radio journalist had gone to Iranearlier this year to cover the aftermath of anti-governmentprotests after the suspicious death in police custody of MahsaAmini, an Iranian Kurdish woman who had been arrested for violatingthe country’s hijab rules. Then one night amid the din of agovernment fireworks display marking the anniversary of the 1979Islamic Revolution, she began to hear spontaneous chants forfreedom echoing from the apartment buildings around her Tehranhotel. “That moment revealed a very different narrative from whatthe government wanted us to see and hear,” said Kelly ’93 at