Opinion | A moral leader emerges for Iranian protesters outside Iran

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The mother and daughter were returning to Canada after visiting family in Iran over the winter holidays.
36% : Esmaeilion, a dentist and writer whose novels critical of the Islamic republic were growing increasingly popular inside and outside Iran, had stayed behind in Toronto, knowing that if he traveled with his family, he would probably run into trouble with Iranian authorities.

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