Video Game Explores Iran Beyond Cleric & Veil

A new video game, 1979 Revolution Black Friday, puts you in the shoes of an Iranian photojournalist in the lead up to Black Friday, when hundreds of Iranian protesters were gunned down by government soldiers. The game immerses you in the cultural atmosphere of 1970s Iran in the hope to dispel existing media narratives around Iran as a land of just clerics and veils. Brooke talks to Navid Khansari, who designed the game, about how he put his childhood experiences of Iran into this game -- and why Iran has banned it. 

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