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Hoodfar: How I survived prison in Tehran

19/12/2016 GMT

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian- Iranian academic.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian- Iranian academic recently released after 112 days locked up in Iran's notorious Evin prison.

HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian- Iranian academic recently released after 112 days locked up in Iran's notorious Evin prison. Why did a respected anthropologist become an enemy of the Iranian state?  Reading the political mood inside Iran is notoriously difficult. Since last year's nuclear deal it seemed the relatively moderate President Rouhani was in the ascendancy. But Homa Hoodfar has reason to see things differently. 

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