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'The system in Iran could never trust me'

27/06/2018 GMT

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Iranian environmental scientist, Kaveh Madani.

Stephen Sackur talks to Kaveh Madani, a scientist caught up in Iran's crackdown on environmental scientists and campaigners. Why has environmental activism become so dangerous?

Since the beginning of 2018, the Iranian Government has locked up a number of environmental scientists and campaigners. One respected conservationist was found hanged in his cell in what the authorities said was a suicide. What is going on? HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Kaveh Madani, a scientist invited back to Iran from an academic post in London to be deputy head of the Environment Department. He got caught up in the crackdown and fled Iran in April. Why has environmental activism become so dangerous in Iran?

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