Special report: Inside Iran's notorious Evin prison

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🗓️ 8 October 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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“A woman, a human rights advocate, and a Freedom fighter.” That’s how the Nobel Committee Chair described Narges Mohammadi, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Mohammadi, who is currently imprisoned in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison, has spent her life campaigning for women’s rights and the abolition of the death penalty in her country. Ahead of the Nobel announcement, with the help of intermediaries, correspondent Jomana Karadsheh interviewed Mohammadi via letter and audio recording from inside Evin Prison. Also on today's show: Gloria Browne-Marshall, attorney, activist and professor of constitutional law; historian Heather Cox Richardson; musician and record company exec Herb Alpert To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amman For. Here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	A vote for women's rights in Iran and around the world as the Nobel Peace Prize goes to
0:14.7	jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammedi.
0:18.0	Corresponded Javanak Karachi interviewed her via letter and audio recording before this announcement. We have that
0:24.9	exclusive report and we look back at some of Christian's reporting on the
0:29.7	Iranian women fighting for their future.
0:32.6	Then the Supreme Court returns for a new term.
0:36.1	As controversies cast a shadow,
0:38.0	we look at the cases coming up
0:39.8	with constitutional law professor Gloria Brown Marshall and how do we look at people who came
0:46.0	before us and see how they faced a similar moment and got out of it. How America got to
0:51.7	this political moment and what we can learn from that story.
0:55.0	Historian Heather Cox Richardson speaks to Michelle Martin about her new book Democracy Awakening.
1:01.0	Plus... Democracy Awakening. Plus,
1:03.0	A record-breaking
1:07.0	a record-breaking career
1:12.0	showing no signs of slowing. I'm joined by
1:15.1	Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Herb Alpert to discuss his new album Wish Upon a star. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Bianna Goladrigga in New York sitting in for
1:40.8	Christiane-Amantor. A woman, a human rights advocate, and a freedom
1:45.2	fighter. That's how the Nobel Committee Chair describes our guest, Mohammedi, the winner of
1:49.9	this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Mohammedi, who is currently imprisoned in Iran's notorious even prison,
1:56.1	has spent her life campaigning for women's rights
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