Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has spoken out against forcing women to wear the hijab and recent crackdowns in his country, pitting him against hard-line rivals in the Islamic Republic. “Human beings have a right to choose,” Pezeshkian said Friday in an interview with Tom Llamas, anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” when asked about Mahsa Amini, whose death three years ago after being detained by Iran’s morality police triggered nationwide protests that shook the government’s hold on power.

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