Lethal Dissent 8 - Officials
The World
PRX
4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Fariba Nawa is threatened. She steers her reporting to focus on impunity. The investigation into Iran's hunt for dissidents goes to the United Nations, inside a Turkish parliamentary hearing, and to the US State Department to find out if anyone will intervene.
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| 0:00.0 | Last week Aeson Salim, the head of the Salim gang, went to Tehran and made a proposition to Iranian intelligence. |
| 0:08.0 | And Aesthan says, there are ways that I could be beneficial to you. |
| 0:12.0 | He pulled off one kidnapping job for Iran and tried others, |
| 0:16.0 | but the solemn gang got caught. |
| 0:18.0 | Aeson was sentenced to 15 years, 10 months in prison. |
| 0:21.0 | They were released from prison until the conviction is finalized. |
| 0:26.0 | But Aesan is walking free on probation. |
| 0:29.0 | And then he messaged me a veiled threat, which opened a broader broader question when it comes to Iran's |
| 0:34.7 | operations against dissidents who will intervene. This is lethal dissent. |
| 0:41.3 | But there are people who don't want to hear that question. |
| 0:44.0 | They just completely shut me down, started calling me terrorists. |
| 0:47.0 | Sometimes I could only get so far. |
| 0:50.0 | Are Iranians safe in Turkey? |
| 0:52.0 | Are Iranians are safe in Turkey? Are you ready to say in Turkey? Is this the question? |
| 0:54.8 | But I did get hints. |
| 0:56.2 | I can't get into detail on those programs. |
| 0:58.7 | Today, some answers. So, Episode 8, officials. We're on. Okay. We're on. Okay. All right guys. Is on salam called me today and I'm a little |
| 1:39.8 | spooked. He is threatening to take me to the prosecutor's office. I don't know which prosecutor. |
| 1:47.0 | This is what Aeson messaged me. |
| 1:49.0 | What's wrong with you? Are you trying to ruin my reputation? |
| 1:53.4 | I'll take you to the prosecutor. |
| 1:56.0 | Initially, I wasn't sure how serious this was. |
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