What Business Leaders Should Know About the Protests in Iran

Source: CHIEF

As an Iranian-American who came to the United States in 1989, Chief Member Bita Milanian knows how different her life could have been had she stayed in her home country. “I remember I was 12 years old,” she says of the time when she was pulled over by Iran’s morality police. “That day I was wearing a colorful scarf, and I believe that kind of triggered them. But, my hair was fully covered.” Milanian explains that at the time, women in Iran were only allowed to wear black, gray, brown, and navy, and anything outside of those colors would be considered a violation of the country’s strict dress code.