Killing hope: Iran's mind wars
The Slow Newscast
Alice Sandelson
4.6 • 894 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The fall of Assad in Syria is a disaster for Iran, so much so that people are beginning to ask if this might finally be the moment when Iran’s pro-democracy movement breaks through. This is the story of one activist’s 25 year fight against the Islamic regime in Iran, a story of courage and despair.
Reporter: Ceri Thomas
Producer: Katie Gunning
Sound design: Dominic Delargy
Artwork: Jon Hill
Show's Executive Producer: Matt Russell
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| 1:03.9 | there's the usual little photo |
| 1:05.8 | and below it, two words. |
| 1:08.9 | Still alive, it says. |
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| 1:18.2 | it won't take you long to figure out who you're dealing with. |
| 1:21.5 | A dissident, a dogged, very public opponent, |
| 1:25.0 | of Iran's Islamic regime. |
| 1:31.0 | A brave man. He's a fairly prolific tweeter, 2378 over the years. But this is the story of what happens to Kianush Sanjuri |
| 1:38.6 | over the course of just four tweets he sends on November the 12th and 13th this year, a few weeks ago. |
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