I’m guest hosting today’s Your Call media roundtable at 10am PT. First, we’ll discuss the one-year anniversary of historic protests in Iran. It was last September when a young Kurdish woman named Jina Mahsa Amini died while in police custody, after being arrested and beaten for failing to comply with Iran’s compulsory veiling. According to Amnesty International, credible reports arose that the so-called “morality” police had subjected her to ill-treatment and even torture inside the police van. She fell into a coma and died three days later.

The news of her tragic death sparked months-long nationwide protests, led by women and girls who tossed off their head scarves in defiance and demanded the end to the Islamic Republic’s rule. The regime’s response was violent and deadly. According to human rights organizations, at least 530 protesters, including 72 children, were killed. Hundreds were blinded by live ammunition and more than 22 thousand people were detained.

Joining us to mark this anniversary and hear the latest about what’s happening in Iran will be:

• Nilo Tabrizy, video reporter for The Washington Post’s Visual Forensics team
• Khosro Kalbasi Isfahani, journalist, researcher, and an Oak Foundation human rights fellow

Then later in the program, we’ll cover a recent investigation by The Center for Public Integrity about the long struggle over taxing the rich.

In the past two years, at least 19 states have lowered their income taxes in ways that primarily benefit their most well-off residents, and conservative groups have spent millions to defeat tax increases on the wealthy. But there’s growing interest in raising taxes on the wealthy. Lawmakers in seven states, including California, Connecticut, New York, and Washington, are introducing wealth-tax measures.

Late last year, Massachusetts imposed a surtax of 4 percent on income over $1 million through a ballot initiative. This “Massachusetts millionaires’ tax” had been introduced and defeated multiple times before finally becoming law.

How would a wealth tax mitigate rising wealth inequality?

• Melissa Hellmann, journalist at the Center for Public Integrity, covering racial, gender, and economic inequality
• Maya Srikrishnan, investigative journalist at the Center for Public integrity, covering marginalized communities

Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 10am PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!