'Fear of saying the wrong thing is eating us alive': Confessions of an Iranian-American advertiser on the industry's silence on Iranian women's rights

'Fear of saying the wrong thing is eating us alive': Confessions of an Iranian-American advertiser on the industry's silence on Iranian women's rights

As Iran's feminist movement builds, one Iranian-American advertising executive questions American advertisers' silence in this edition of Digiday's Confessions series, in which we exchange anonymity for candor.

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