In this dangerous clandestine journey into modern-day Iran in the wake of its attempted revolution, a journalist’s determination meets the courage of a nation. The Forbidden Journey is a truly edifying look at the daily lives of citizens in Iran’s dictatorship.

September, 2022: a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, dies after being arrested by the morality police for wearing a veil deemed too loose. This marks the start of a new wave of public outcry against the Islamic Republic. Since these events, Western journalists have been banned from the country and tourism has become virtually non-existent. In spite of all this, leading reporter Anne-Isabelle Tollet was able to travel to Iran. By day, she is part of an organized tour supervised by a guide. But by night, she goes out secretly to meet the Iranian people, suffering not only from the measures of an extremist religious regime, but also the effects of long-standing inflation. Join Tollet on her dangerous journey for a glimpse of contemporary Iran!