The Women of Iran are TIME's 2022 Heroes of the Year. The movement they’re leading is educated, liberal, secular, raised on higher expectations, and desperate for normality, writes author and former TIME columnist Azadeh Moaveni. They are quite unlike those who came before them; sometimes they feel more like transnational Gen Z than Iranians. Their ferocious character was evident well before 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini, arrested at a metro station by the morality police who enforce the dress code, died after being held in their custody on Sept. 16, setting off the most sustained uprising in the 43-year history of the Islamic Republic. Read more at the link in our bio. Photographs by @foroughalaei for TIME