Iran’s Women Prisoners Trapped in the Crossfire
About this episode
The episode discusses the terrifying experiences of women prisoners in Iran during air raids.
Imagine the air raid sirens go off, the bombs start falling. Right. If you're a civilian, you run for shelter. You try to find safety somewhere. But now I want you to imagine you're a political prisoner. The sirens go off, the ground is literally shaking, the guards flee their posts and instead of opening the gates to let you seek cover you hear the hiss of blow torches. God. Yeah. They are actively welding your cell doors shut. It's, it's a horrifying reality and it's happe...
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