Podcasts about Evin Prison

It's Thursday, May 8th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Iran continues to imprison Christian pastor and wife Authorities in Iran continue to hold a pastor's wife, 56-year-old Lida Alexani, in solitary confinement after arresting the pastor, reports Article 18. Iranian-Armenian pastor Joseph Shahbazian was arrested in February and sent to the infamous Evin Prison in Tehran. He has faced prison time before for participating in a house church and collecting tithes. Authorities also arrested his wife last month. Iran has criminalized offering tithes to support church activities. The country is ranked ninth on the Open Doors' World Watch List of nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian.  India launched air strikes on Pakistan On Tuesday, India launched air strikes on Pakistan. India said it was in retaliation for an attack last month from alleged Pakistani nationals. India and Pakistan are on the brink of a wider conflict. Local church leaders are calling for Christians to pray for the countries. Bishop Nadeem Kamran is the head of the Anglican Church of Pakistan's Diocese of Lahore. He told Christian Daily International, “As the fear of war looms over the subcontinent, I ask all Christians in the two countries to observe … a day of prayer and fasting for peace in the region.” In 1 Timothy 2:1-2, the Apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.” Trump's truce with Houthis On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced a truce with the Houthis in Yemen. The United States has been carrying out strikes on the Houthis in Yemen for weeks. This is in response to the Houthis attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea. Despite the truce, the Houthis said they will continue attacks on Israel in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Listen to Trump's comments at an Oval Office meeting. TRUMP: “The Houthis have announced that they don't want to fight anymore. We will honor that. We will stop the bombings. They have capitulated.” Trump will rebuild and reopen Alcatraz off San Francisco coast President Trump announced Sunday he is directing the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz. The small island is located 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco near the Golden Gate Strait. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison. In 1934, the island was converted into a federal prison, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. The strong currents around the island and cold water temperatures made escape nearly impossible. The prison became one of the most notorious in American history. Trump posted on Truth Social that the infamous former prison will “house America's most ruthless and violent Offenders. We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and judges that are afraid to do their job and allow us to remove criminals, who came into our Country illegally. The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE.” The prison closed 60 years ago, but once housed the likes of Al Capone, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, and James “Whitey” Bulger. HHS denounces misguided treatments for gender confusion The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report last Thursday, denouncing so-called treatments for gender confusion. The study evaluated the impact of transgender drugs and surgeries on children.  The department noted, “These interventions carry risk of significant harms including infertility/sterility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density accrual, adverse cognitive impacts, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications, and regret.” Federal Reserve keeps interest rate in the 4.25%-4.5% range The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday.  The Fed's benchmark interest rate remains at 4.25% to 4.5%. The Fed warned of potentially higher unemployment and inflation as the economy adjusts to President Trump's tariff plan. Meanwhile, Trump continues to call for lower interest rates. World's largest page of Bible just printed to honor Gutenberg Press And finally, the International Gutenberg Society printed the world's largest page of the Bible, measuring 38 square yards, on April 26th, 2025 in Mainz, Germany. The event commemorated the 625th anniversary of the birth of Johannes Gutenberg. The German inventor created the moveable-type printing press. And he produced the first printed version of the Bible. The Gutenberg printing press revolutionized the dissemination of the Bible, making it more accessible to a wider audience than ever before. Prior to Gutenberg's invention, Bibles were hand-copied, a laborious process that made them expensive and rare. The printing press allowed for mass production, increasing availability and lowering costs. This led to a surge in literacy, the spread of the Bible, and Christianity. The commemorative event showcased a massive copy of the first page of John's Gospel. It was made from the largest industrial paper rolls available and covered nearly 400 square feet.  John 1:1-4 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Thursday, May 8th, my 59th birthday, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Today on the podcast, we speak to Iranian human rights activist Maryam Shafipour about Iranian-Canadians who say they are being threatened and monitored by affiliates of the Iranian regime in Canada.  Following seven months of pre-trial detention in Evin Prison, Maryam was sentenced to seven years in prison in March 2014. She was released after 2 years and found refuge in North America where she continues her activism.  This episode is part of a special project supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage. Titled Digital Defenders Initiative, the aim of the project is to uncover transnational repression and foreign manipulation campaigns in Canada, and their impact on the diaspora. 

French former hostage Louis Arnaud shared his two-year ordeal in Iran's Evin Prison in an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24's Stuart Norval. Arnaud, a banking consultant, had been sentenced to five years in jail on national security charges after being arrested in September 2022 while travelling through Iran. He was kept in solitary confinement for large periods. "Everything is done so that you are deprived of your humanity," Arnaud told us in his first interview since his release in June 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is now urging Tehran to free three other French nationals "without delay".

"PREVIEW: ITALY & IRAN: Colleague Lorenzo Fiori reports on the Meloni government's successful negotiations to free Italian journalist Cecilia Saka from Evin Prison and return her to Rome. More tonight." 1812 Palatine Hill Rome

The debate around widescale child sexual abuse and exploitation continues following calls from the Conservatives and Reform UK for a new national inquiry into the issue. Professor Alexis Jay chaired the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. It took seven years and was published in 2022. It warned of "endemic" abuse across society in England and Wales for girls and boys. Professor Jay has called again for implementation of her 20 recommendations. One recommendation was that those who cover up or fail to report child sexual abuse could face professional or criminal sanctions. The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper last night announced that has said that will be implemented as a new offence this year. Nuala speaks to Maggie Oliver, Founder and Chair of the Maggie Oliver Foundation, who was a who resigned from Greater Manchester Police in late 2012 in order to expose the Rochdale Grooming Scandal and Ken MacDonald, Director of Public Prosecutions from 2003-2008.It's hoped a tool which allows women in Wales to log and report symptoms of endometriosis will empower patients to get help from their GPs and potentially lead to quicker diagnosis. It's estimated one in 10 women suffer from the condition, which can cause debilitating period pain and is linked to fertility issues. Nuala speaks to Dr Robyn Jackowich, one of the academics whose worked on the reporting tool, and Karen Hiu Ching Lo, who suffers with endometriosis.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been urged to boycott next month's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan by a group of more than 160 politicians. The England men's ODI side are due to face Afghanistan in Lahore on 26 February but there are calls for the ECB to refuse the fixture, taking a stand against the Taliban regime's ongoing assault on women's rights. Nuala discusses the issues with Felix Jakens, Head of Campaigns for Amnesty International.Lucy Lawless, best known for playing Xena: Warrior Princess, joins Nuala to discuss another fearless woman. In her directorial debut, Never Look Away, she explores Margaret Moth, a warzone camerawoman for CNN who covered conflicts from the liberation of Kuwait in the early 90s to the Lebanon War in the mid-2000s armed only with a camera and an attitude.BBC Eye have released an animation narrated by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for BBC 100 Women 2024. It tells the stories of three women imprisoned in the notorious Evin prison in Iran. Nuala is joined by former Evin prisoner, Mahdieh Golroo and BBC Persian reporter, Baran Abbasi to discuss the prison's reputation.Presented by Nuala McGovern Producer: Louise Corley

Christiane's world exclusive with Iran's notorious women's rights activist, Narges Mohammadi, who last year was awarded the Nobel peace prize, and who has spent much of the past 20 years in Evin prison. She is accused of “spreading propaganda" and acting against the country's national security. Mohammadi was recently released on a 3-week medical furlough to recover from surgery and made the courageous decision to speak out—on this program— knowing she is gong back to jail. Plus, press freedom at risk in the United States and around the democratic world, former Washington Post Executive Editor, Martin Baron tells Christiane what's in the Trump toolbox to legally assault the press and how to protect our constitutional right to free speech. Then, as 51 verdicts came down against Gisele Pelicot's abusers in the mass rape trial that stunned France and caught the world's attention, Saskya's Vandoorne's special report, with exclusive access to police records, on how dozens of men in one town became complicit in this horrifying crime. From Christiane's archive this week, the taxi driver who put aside ethnic divisions and became a hero to the needy during under siege in Sarajevo. And finally, Christiane speaks with Edward Berger, director of the film "Conclave," which depicts the knives out battle to elect a new pop in the Catholic Church.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds, possibly thousands, are feared dead in cyclone-hit Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. Also: the previously unheard stories of women inside Iran's Evin Prison, and the world's biggest iceberg - on the move again.

It's Thursday, October 10th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Iranian Christian released from prison 5 years early Church in Chains reports that authorities in Iran released a Christian convert from Evin Prison in Tehran last week. Mehdi Akbari had already spent nearly five years in prison out of his 10-year sentence. Thankfully, a court reduced his sentence.  Officials arrested him in 2019 on charges of “acting against national security by forming an illegal evangelical Christian group.”  Mansour Borji with Article 18, a non-profit religious liberty group, welcomed Mehdi's release. He said, “We call now for the immediate release of the other at least 20 Christians still in prison only on account of their beliefs and the peaceful outworking of these beliefs, such as Armenian citizen Hakop Gochumyan, who is also serving a ten-year sentence only because he visited some churches and was in possession of a handful of Bibles.” Irish legislature drops ambiguously worded “hate speech” bill The Irish legislature dropped “hate speech” elements from proposed legislation last month. The Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences Bill 2022 is currently stuck in the Irish Senate. The bill originally would criminalize the possession of material considered “likely” to incite hatred with up to five years in jail. The bill did not clearly define “hate.” This left many concerned that Christians could face jail time for simply affirming a Biblical understanding of sexuality. Alliance Defending Freedom International noted, “With the world watching, the people of Ireland said ‘no' to state censorship, and it's working.” Colorado Supreme Court dismissed case again Christian baker Jack Phillips In the United States, the Colorado  Supreme Court sided with a Christian baker on Tuesday. Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop has faced years of harassment for his biblical beliefs about marriage and sexuality.  The state's high court dismissed the latest case against him. The case started in 2017 when Phillips refused to bake a cake to celebrate someone pretending to be the opposite sex. Senior Counsel Jake Warner with Alliance Defending Freedom said, “Enough is enough. Jack has been dragged through courts for over a decade. It's time to leave him alone. Free speech is for everyone. As the U.S. Supreme Court held in 303 Creative, the government cannot force artists to express messages they don't believe.” Psalm 14:4 asks, “Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and do not call on the LORD?”  Toyota ends participation in sexually deviant corporate index Toyota told its U.S. employees last Thursday that it will no longer participate in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index. The Equality Index, run by the radical, pro-homosexual Human Rights Campaign, measures how supportive companies are of sexually perverted lifestyles. Toyota will reportedly no longer participate in events that celebrate such lifestyles. The Japanese car maker will also focus its community activities on workforce readiness and education in science, technology, engineering, and math. 10 states have abortion on the ballot Voters across 10 states will vote on ballot initiatives involving abortion this coming November. Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, and South Dakota. In most cases, the initiatives would support abortion up to birth. U.S. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri addressed the 2024 Pray Vote Stand Summit last week on the ballot initiatives. Listen. HAWLEY: “As the people go to the polls, let's be clear, as conservatives and yes, as Republicans, that we advocate life, that we urge our fellow Americans to support life.  We will do everything we can to protect life in the law all across this country. This is absolutely foundational!” Barna: 32 million Christians unlikely to vote in presidential election Dr. George Barna  released a report on the voting practices of people of faith. The survey found that 104 million people who identify with some religion are unlikely to vote in the upcoming presidential election. Sadly, this includes 32 million self-identified Christians who attend church regularly. People said they were unlikely to vote because they weren't interested in elections, disliked the major candidates, or didn't think their vote would make a difference. William Tyndale's momentous life and death And finally, this week is the anniversary of William Tyndale's death, traditionally commemorated on October 6. Tyndale faced arrest and later death in 1536 for alleged heresy. However, he had worked tirelessly to translate the Bible into English. It was his devotion to Scripture that brought him into conflict with church and civil leaders. In response to an assertion of the supremacy of the Pope, Tyndale famously said, “I defy the Pope and all his laws; and if God spares my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy that driveth the plow to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost!” Tyndale's final words, spoken at the stake with a fervent zeal, and a loud voice, were reported later as "Lord! Open the King of England's eyes." Then, Tyndale was strangled to death  while tied at the stake, and then his dead body was burned.   Copies of Tyndale's translation were smuggled into England by the thousands. His work would form the basis of the Great Bible, edited by Miles Coverdale which made its way into every parish church just three years after Tyndale's death. Isaiah 52:7 says, “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.'” Close And that's The Worldview on this Thursday, October 10th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

This week on the show, one year since the horrors of October 7th that sparked a devastating war on Gaza, Christiane speaks to Israeli and Palestinian journalists about how their lives have changed. And in an exclusive interview, Siamak Namazi, the longest-held American in Iran, breaks his silence for the first time since his release. After enduring eight years of torture in Evin Prison and making a desperate plea to President Biden to secure his release, Namazi shares his powerful story of survival and freedom. Also on the show, Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet speaks to Christiane about portraying legendary wartime photographer Lee Miller, one of the first journalist, and women, to document the atrocities committed by the Nazis during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World leaders are meeting at the annual UN General Assembly against a grim backdrop of global conflict and deepening geopolitical divisions. But sometimes diplomacy can yield important results. This time last year, Siamak Namazi was released from Iran's notorious Evin Prison in a hostage-prisoner swap with the United States. He was the longest held American in Iran, a horrifying eight-year ordeal. Six months before his release, Namazi bravely called into this program from inside Evin, to make an emotional plea to President Biden. A year later, he is ready to talk for the first time, in an interview with Christiane in New York.  Also on today's show: Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris; historian Timothy Snyder on his new book "On Freedom"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After attending a conference she was invited to in the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2018, Australian-British academic Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested by the intelligence arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and eventually sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of espionage which the Australian government rejected as "baseless.” Two years later, she was released in exchange for three convicted Iranian terrorists connected to a bomb plot in Bangkok in 2012. Two years ago, she published a memoir which became a bestseller: The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison. From her forced confession and kangaroo court sentencing presided over by Tehran's notorious “hanging judge” Salavati to her solitary confinement and near-escape at the infamous Evin Prison and successful Australia- and UK-led efforts to free her in a prisoner swap, Kylie joins host Cliff May and his FDD colleague Behnam Ben Taleblu to discuss how her time in captivity shaped her current views on Iran's regional aggression, the ‘Women, Life, Freedom' protests, and hostage diplomacy — and how the West can help the Iranian people by not helping the regime. 

After attending a conference she was invited to in the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2018, Australian-British academic Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested by the intelligence arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and eventually sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of espionage which the Australian government rejected as "baseless.” Two years later, she was released in exchange for three convicted Iranian terrorists connected to a bomb plot in Bangkok in 2012. Two years ago, she published a memoir which became a bestseller: The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison. From her forced confession and kangaroo court sentencing presided over by Tehran's notorious “hanging judge” Salavati to her solitary confinement and near-escape at the infamous Evin Prison and successful Australia- and UK-led efforts to free her in a prisoner swap, Kylie joins host Cliff May and his FDD colleague Behnam Ben Taleblu to discuss how her time in captivity shaped her current views on Iran's regional aggression, the ‘Women, Life, Freedom' protests, and hostage diplomacy — and how the West can help the Iranian people by not helping the regime. 

Kenneth Kraus is a former Marine embassy guard that was sent to Tehran to reinforce their posts during the Iranian Revolution. After terrorists breached the embassy walls, Ken and two other Marines fought back and ensured the safety of civilians before Ken was taken hostage and sent to the notorious Evin Prison for torture sessions.Support the showhttps://www.jcramergraphics.comhttps://www.ANGLICOshop.comKen's sitehttps://sites.google.com/view/kenkraus/home00:00:00 Intro00:12:13 70's Marine Corps00:14:05 World At War00:22:01 The Draft | Women in the Draft00:38:39 Meeting Carlos Hathcock00:46:43 Marine Security Guard Duty00:57:20 Stationed in Cypress01:07:46 Iranian Situation | Arriving in Iran01:22:28 The Embassy Assault Begins01:31:56 The Embassy is Breached01:41:44 The Last Stand02:04:29 Initial Capture02:10:50 Moved to an Iranian Hospital02:19:45 Mevin Prison02:24:56 Introduction to the Torture Chair02:34:39 Trial and Execution Order02:44:55 Red Cross Arrives02:55:08 Heading Home

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Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.We're going wild for animals this week. We find out how the Ibadan Zoo became one of Nigeria's biggest tourist attractions during the 1970s. Our guest Harriet Ritvo, professor of history at MIT, looks back across the centuries to reveal the fascination that humans have always had for animals. And more on the environmental campaigner who became known as Lady Tarzan for her fight against illegal logging in the forests of India.Plus, we hear from a journalist tortured in Iran's notorious Evin Prison in the wake of the 2009 protests against the Islamic regime. Also, why hundreds of thousands of Moroccans were ordered into the Spanish Sahara by their king. And finally, more on the Bolivian president who went on hunger strike to try to save his country.Contributors: Peaches Golding - wife of zoologist Bob Golding Professor Harriet Ritvo – professor of history at MIT Marcela Siles - daughter of former Bolivian president Hernán Siles Zuazo Seddik Maaninou - TV cameraman Francis Gillies – North Africa expert Maziar Bahari - journalist Jamuna Tudu – environmentalist nicknamed ‘Lady Tarzan'(Photo: Imade the gorilla at Ibadan Zoo. Credit: bobgolding.co.uk)

In June 2009, millions of Iranians took to the streets to protest against what they considered a rigged presidential election.The hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won 62% of the vote. All three defeated candidates disputed the results.The protests gave rise to the 'Green Movement', named after its signature colour, which opposed Ahmadinejad.Journalist Maziar Bahari was accused of being a Western spy and spent 118 days being interrogated in Iran's Evin Prison. He tells Dan Hardoon about the torture he endured.(Photo: Maziar Bahari in 2015. Credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Today on News Du Jour, we cover Texas's abortion back and forth, and a woman serving time in Iran's notorious EVIN PRISON, wins the Nobel Peace Prize.Liquid IV: https://zen.ai/wz27tNSs49Sdmd1ryT3t8A (20% off with code “dujour”)—Connect with us:+ WEBSITE: www.sugarfreemedia.co+ INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/newsdujour.podcast+ TIKTOK: www.TikTok.com/@newsdujour.podcastBECOME A PATRON (and listen ad free): www.patreon.com/sugarfreemediaSHOP MERCH: www.sugarfreemedia.co/shopNews Du Jour is a 10-15 minute daily news recap. We strive to relay stories in a calm, approachable way. We cover everything from politics, to art, to business, to celebrity news, and more. Be sure to subscribe so you‘re always up to date! If you enjoy News Du Jour, be sure to leave us a rating/review or share our podcast with friends, family, colleagues, or on social media!You can also always READ the News Du Jour on our website at:https://sugarfreemedia.co/category/news-du-jour/

In this podcast we talk with a human rights activist within the Women! Life! Freedom! movement about Narges Mohammadi and her lifelong work. She is the Iranian human rights activist that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 on Sunday 12 of September, for her lifelong work and activism on human rights and Women's rights in Iran. Most of her adult life Narges has been politically active- from publishing a book of political essays and joining the Defenders of Human Rights Center to being arrested multiple times for her criticisms of the Iranian government, her open support of feminist civil disobedience and the abolition of the death penalty in her country. Currently she is the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), headed by her fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi. A month ago, in October 2023, while still in prison and despite the condemnation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Narges was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”. Yet, her work doesn't not stop even if she is in prison. Since November 2021 and during the Mahsa Amini protests in 2022, Narges has published multiple reports on the life conditions in Evin Prison and the human rights breaches that solitary confinement imposes. Her latest book “White Torture” centred around solitary confinement, has been translated to German, titled “Women! Life! Freedom!” and published this year.

Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a British-Australian academic, endured 804 days as a rebellious hostage of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) while being accused of being an agent for Mossad, MI6, or a spy for Australia. She was imprisoned in the infamous Evin prison, where she was kept in isolation from the outside world and subjected to relentless interrogations. Despite being told repeatedly that she would be forgotten, Kylie refused to confess and rejected the ever-changing accusations. The Australian government dismissed the charges as baseless, but she was convicted by "the hanging judge" of Iran, and sentenced to 10 years in prison.After a year in solitary confinement, Kylie was suddenly transferred to Qarchak, known as the world's worst women's prison, located on the outskirts of Tehran. Although no evidence was ever presented to support the charges against her, she was subjected to the harshest of conditions.Finally, after a complicated prisoner swap involving four countries, Kylie regained her freedom. In this interview and her book "Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison," she shares the story of her harrowing experience and how she overcame it.You can also listen to my interview with Kylie on my audio book 'You Are Accused', available on Audible. Click the link in the description or search for 'You are Accused' by Raphael Rowe to get your copy.‘You Are Accused' with Raphael RoweGuest Links:Kylie on XKylie on InstagramKylie's BookSecond Chance Podcast Links:Second Chance on YouTubeSecond Chance on InstagramSecond Chance on LinkedInSecond Chance on FacebookRaphael's Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“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

This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to one of Iran's most prominent, persecuted and persistent human rights activists. Nargis Mohammedi is in detention in Iran's notorious Evin Prison, for "spreading anti-state propaganda." But Iranian efforts to silence her have only made her voice louder. Nick Schifrin discussed Mohammedi's message with Summer Lopez. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Today's show begins with a huge break in a story we've been covering for years. A group of Americans imprisoned in Iran have just been released from Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. This includes the longest held, 51-year-old Siamak Namazi, who has been languishing there for more than seven years. After being left behind in three previous prisoner swaps, Siamak went to extraordinary lengths on this show five months ago, making a public appeal for his release and that of his fellow Iranian-Americans Emad Shargi and Morad Tabaz. Christiane has a report on how it all unfolded, followed by interviews with Siamak's lawyer Jared Genser, CNN US Security Correspondent Kylie Atwood, and Washington Post writer Jason Rezaian, who spent 18 months in an Iranian prison. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went to court in Moscow this week, to request his pre-trial detention be under house arrest, rather than jail. No surprise, he was denied. He's the latest American to be picked up and thrown behind bars by a foreign government – a trend on the rise, according to the James Foley Foundation, and it's breaking families apart. Three Americans detained in Iran are desperate to be freed, so much so, one of them – Siamak Namazi, made the bold decision to call this program from Evin Prison, and plead with President Biden to help free them all. But weeks pass, and there they remain, hostage to the political winds. Siamak's brother Babak has been working tirelessly for years to free him, and so has Tara Tahbaz on behalf of her father, Morad Tahbaz who is also detained there. The two of them spoke to Christiane alongside Jason Rezaian, who was imprisoned in Iran himself, before being released in a 2016 prisoner swap.  Also on today's show: Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director, San Francisco Ballet; Laura Trevelyan, former BBC journalist To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Marziyeh Amirizadeh served seven months in Evin Prison, better known as 'The Torture House and a hellish establishment, for merely practicing Christianity.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

American Siamak Namaz, who has been detained in Iran since 2015, gave an unprecedented interview via phone from inside the notorious Evin Prison with CNN's Christiane Amanpour. Namazi is currently being held with two other Americans, environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, and businessman Emad Shargi. Shargi's sister, Neda Sharghi, and daughter, Hannah Shargi, join Amna Nawaz for an exclusive interview. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

It's Friday, February 24th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. By Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com) Iran pardons two imprisoned Christian converts The Iranian government has pardoned and released two imprisoned Christian converts this past week as a part of the annual tradition of pardoning prisoners during the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. After spending a year in prison, Hadi Rahimi was released on February 20th. And fellow church member Saheb Fadaie was released on February 9th after spending five years in prison. Both men were imprisoned on charges of “acting against national security by organizing house-churches and promoting ‘Zionist' Christianity.” And both men had been held in Iran's notorious Evin Prison, where many Christians have been imprisoned over the years. As converts to Christianity from Islam, they are not recognized as Christians and have no freedom or protection in worship according to their Christian faith. Many of these Christians face charges related to practicing their faith. They are accused of “propaganda against the state through proselytizing Christianity” or “acting against national security by conducting evangelistic activities.” The new-found freedom of these two Christian prisoners means that our prayers have been answered.  Keep praying that other Iranian Christian prisoners will be released as well. In Isaiah 61:1, the prophet foretold a time when God would “bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners.” New state poll puts DeSantis ahead of Trump A new poll out of Michigan shows Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis garnering more support over former President Donald Trump in a head-to-head matchup. Among Republican voters, 47 percent favor the governor and 42 percent chose Trump with 11 percent undecided, according to the Echelon Insights Poll. When broken down by gender, 43% of Republican women in Michigan support Trump, compared to 40% who favor DeSantis.  And 51% of Republican men say they back DeSantis, while 41% say they support Trump. Trump won Michigan in 2016 against Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, but lost it to President Joe Biden in 2020. Biden DOJ charges 8 more pro-life activists with violating the FACE Act The U.S. Department of Justice has announced charges against eight pro-life activists for allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, also known as the FACE Act, reports LifeSiteNews.com. According to a press release issued by the DOJ Wednesday, Calvin Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Caroline Davis, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips, Eva Edl, and Eva Zastrow apparently blocked the entrance of an abortion mill in Sterling Heights, Michigan on August 27, 2020.  The FACE Act, which was signed into law by Democrat President Bill Clinton in 1994, makes it a crime to intimidate or physically prevent the coming and going of persons seeking the services of abortion mills. The indictment comes just weeks after Mark Houck was found not guilty of violating the Act. Houck, a father of seven, gained nationwide fame after the FBI raided his house with guns drawn while his wife and children were present, all because he defended his son from a vulgar pro-abortion so-called “escort” outside a facility in Philadelphia. Conservatives denounced the agency's behavior, which many said reflected a blatant targeting of pro-lifers under the Biden regime. Pro-life Catholic bishop shot to death A Catholic bishop was fatally shot in Los Angeles on February 18th, reports KTLA. Bishop David O'Connell, the 69-year-old auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, was found shot to death before 1 p.m. in his Hacienda Heights home. He was frequently involved in the pro-life movement, repeatedly leading prayers vigils and processions in front of Planned Parenthood abortion mills in California.  On Monday, Carlos Medina, the 65-year-old husband of O'Connell's housekeeper, was arrested.  He claimed Bishop O'Connell owed him money. “Jesus Revolution” movie portrays revival and Greg Laurie's love story And finally, the love story of Pastor Greg Laurie and his wife, Cathe, is depicted in the new film “Jesus Revolution.”  And now, 50 years later, Cathe is reflecting on the long-lasting love that she encountered with both Jesus and her husband back during the spiritual awakening that swept Southern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s.   HIPPIE: “There is an entire generation searching, just in all the wrong places. And if you want to reach my people, you need to speak to them in a language they understand. CHUCK SMITH: “If I bring them in, I'll lose my job.” HIPPIE: “We can only walk through doors open to us, and your church, that's a door that's shut.” Cathe Laurie sat down for a video interview about the movie Jesus Revolution with The Christian Post. LAURIE: “I think I represent that generation. We were so young. Most of the people that were packing into Calvary Chapel in those days would be my age 15, 16, 17 years old. “It shows what God can do when He breaks through to a generation. It was not organized. It was not orchestrated by a particular parachurch group. It was not organized by a particular church. It was a spontaneous intervention, I believe, of the Holy Spirit into a generation that was lost and searching.” In a candid moment, the wife of Pastor Greg Laurie said the idea of her love story being depicted on the silver screen was scary. LAURIE: “To have our young lives depicted in a major motion picture like this is really quite surprising for me. I will be totally honest with you. I was a little terrified by the idea of it in the beginning stages. “When John Erwin was interviewing Greg and myself, he just wanted to know, as people who lived through this revival, what it was like.” The late Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel, portrayed by Kelsey Grammer of Frasier and Cheers fame, took Mark 16:15 to heart. “Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation.” Watch the trailer of Jesus Revolution through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.   And get tickets through a separate link as it opens nationwide tonight. Close And that's The Worldview on this Friday, February 24th, in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Marina Nemat (@marinanemat) is a human rights activist who survived torture and imprisonment in Iran after Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution. She chronicled her ordeals in Prisoner of Tehran: One Woman's Story of Survival Inside an Iranian Prison. What We Discuss with Marina Nemat: How life for women in Iran prior to Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution mirrored their contemporaries in the United States. Why most of the populace optimistically thought the Islamic Revolution was ushering in much-needed changes over the first few months — and what happened when things started to quickly turn sour. How 16-year-old Marina got on the regime's radar and wound up in Tehran's notoriously brutal Evin Prison. The torture Marina endured while imprisoned, and the ultimatum she was forced to accept in lieu of execution. Why Marina was eventually released from prison, and what she's done with her time since then. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/799 This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: jordanharbinger.com/deals Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

In episode three, season one of In the Public Interest, Partner David Bowker interviewed Jason Rezaian, a columnist and former correspondent in Iran for The Washington Post who was wrongfully charged and convicted by the Iranian government on false claims of espionage. Bowker and WilmerHale represented The Washington Post in a successful effort to secure Rezaian's release from Iran's notorious Evin Prison and later represented Rezaian and his family in litigation culminating in a $180 million judgment against Iran. Since his release from Evin Prison, Rezaian published a book titled Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison and hosted his own podcast detailing the story of his imprisonment in Iran, titled 544 Days.Recent human rights violations and violence against women in Iran have made headlines around the world. Bowker and WilmerHale are currently representing another hostage held in Evin Prison, collaborating with Rezaian as part of that work. Considering these recent events and WilmerHale's ongoing work advocating for hostages and their families, we have re-released the original episode in November 2022.

It's Wednesday, November 2nd, A.D. 2022. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Two imprisoned Iranian Christians released Praise God! Officials in Iran unexpectedly released two Christians last month from Evin Prison. It's known as the country's “torture factory.” Both Christians received pardons. One of the believers, Pastor Nasser Narvad Gol-Tapeh, had already served half of a ten-year sentence for attending a house church. A few days before the release, a fire broke out at the prison, killing four prisoners. None of the Christians at the prison were hurt. Please pray for the 10 Christians who remain in the infamous prison. The Lord said in Isaiah 43:1-2, “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you … When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.” Court: Scottish venue ordered to pay Billy Graham Assoc. $100,000 Last Monday, a Scottish court ruled an event venue must pay the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, headed by Franklin Graham, over $100,000 for canceling a crusade. Back in January 2020, Scottish Event Campus Limited canceled an event because of Franklin Graham's biblical views on marriage and sexuality. Graham welcomed the ruling, saying, “This case was … about the preservation of religious freedom in the U.K. — particularly the right for Christians to share the Gospel in the public square.” Mexican state recognizes faux homosexual marriage Last Wednesday, Mexico's northeastern border state of Tamaulipas voted to recognize faux homosexual marriage. The vote comes after three other states, Mexico, Sonora, and Sinaloa, made similar votes. Living in vile passions with someone of the same sex is now recognized across Mexico. The practice remains illegal or not recognized in Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, most of Central America, and much of the Caribbean. Survey on “Christian nationalism” Pew Research released a new survey on so-called Christian nationalism. Sixty percent of U.S. adults think America's founders intended for the country to be a Christian nation, and 45% think America should be a Christian nation. Of those who think the U.S. should be a Christian nation, 30% said they don't even know what being a Christian nation means. Forty-eight percent defined a Christian nation as a country where people are generally guided by Christian values. Only 6% defined it as a country that bases its laws on Christianity.   Isaiah 33:22 says, “The LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our Lawgiver, the LORD is our King; He will save us.” Elon Musk let Twitter fly free After months of back and forth, tech billionaire Elon Musk finalized a deal to buy Twitter last Friday. Musk stepped into the chief executive position and dissolved the company's board of directors. As of next week, Twitter will not be publicly traded. In an open letter, Musk accused traditional media of fueling political polarization. In contrast, Musk said he acquired Twitter to encourage a “common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner.”  10,000 babies spared from abortion since Dobbs case FiveThirtyEight reports over 10,000 fewer abortions took place in the months following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.  Overall, the number of abortions nationwide declined 6% between April and August. Some states experienced a near 100% decline in abortions, including Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas.  U.S. Senate is up for grabs Also from FiveThirtyEight, control of the U.S. Senate is now in a dead heat between Republicans and Democrats in the midterm elections. Projections also give Republicans substantial odds of taking back the U.S. House of Representatives.  In the governors' races, Democrats are expected to flip Massachusetts and Maryland while Republicans have a good chance of flipping Nevada, Wisconsin, and Oregon. Take a look at iVoterGuide.com to learn more about the candidates on the ballot in your state.   Just type in your street address on the home page to get a personalized ballot. 225,000 North Macedonian children get Bibles And finally, a Texas-based ministry recently delivered over 225,000 children's Bibles to North Macedonia, located in Europe between Serbia to the North and Greece to the South. Eastern European Missions made the delivery to the former communist bloc country after delivering 650,000 Bibles to public schools in Croatia last year. The ministry started out in the 1960s, smuggling between hundreds and thousands of Bibles into the Soviet Union. Now, Eastern European Missions delivers 1.5 million Bibles in over 20 languages to over 30 countries in a year. Revelation 5:9 says of Christ, “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.” Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Wednesday, November 2nd, in the year of our Lord 2022. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Agnese Boffano discuss the deadly fire at Iran's notorious Evin Prison, plus more on a Pakistan likely coming off a watchdog's “gray list,” Colombian and Venezuelan parliaments meeting, China's Communist Party National Congress wrapping up and a possible start to US student loan debt relief.Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and many more. These stories and others are also available in our free weekly Forecast newsletter.This episode was produced with work from Factal editors Joe Veyera, Irene Villora, Awais Ahmad, Alex Moore and Agnese Boffano.  Music courtesy of Andrew Gospe. Have feedback, suggestions or events we've missed? Drop us a note: hello@factal.comWhat's Factal? Created by the founders of Breaking News, Factal alerts companies to global incidents that pose an immediate risk to their people or business operations. We provide trusted verification, precise incident mapping and a collaboration platform for corporate security, travel safety and emergency management teams. If you're a company interested in a trial, please email sales@factal.com. To learn more, visit Factal.com, browse the Factal blog or email us at hello@factal.com.Read the full episode description and transcript on Factal's blog.Copyright © 2022 Factal. All rights reserved.

It's Wednesday, October 19th, A.D. 2022. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Iranian Christian man, with Parkinson's disease, in jail Iranian authorities detained a Christian couple in Tehran's Evin Prison back in August. This month, Christian Solidarity International asks for prayer for Homayoun Zhaveh–who suffers from advanced Parkinson's disease–and his wife, Sara Ahmadi. The two have been sentenced to years in prison for participating in a house church. Christian converts in Iran are not recognized, and house churches are frequently raided as “illegal” groups. Dozens of Iranian Christians in recent years have received prison sentences of up to 15 years. Iran is ranked ninth on the Open Doors' World Watch List of nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian.  China President Xi Jinping headed to third term China's Communist Party is meeting this week for their 20th National Congress. President Xi Jinping is expected to get an unprecedented third term as the leader of the Communist Party and the head of China's military forces. Meanwhile, the U.S. is cracking down on American companies selling advanced semiconductors to China. The goal is to slow China's technological and military development. Taiwan, South Korea, and the U.S. continue to outperform China in the manufacturing of high-end computer chips. Million Mexicans march for life Last weekend, over a million people marched across Mexico for the protection of human life. Activists read a manifesto in Mexico City, calling for the life of every human being to be protected equally before and after birth. Most of Mexico's states still have protections for unborn babies, but the lawmakers are facing international pressure to legalize abortion on demand. Update on Christian baker Jack Phillips Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips is back in court. Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop is appealing a ruling from last year that found him guilty of discrimination. He had refused to bake a cake to celebrate someone pretending to be the opposite sex. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Phillips in 2018 in a similar case. The case involved his refusal to bake a cake to celebrate homosexuality.  Alliance Defending Freedom continues to represent Phillips in his fight for religious freedom. You can support his defense through a link in our transcript today at TheWorldview.com.  Psalm 14:4 asks, “Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and do not call on the LORD?” Poll: 76% of voters say education important A new poll from Rasmussen found education is an important issue for U.S. voters. Seventy-seven percent of likely voters believe education issues will be important in this year's congressional elections, and 45% believe it will be very important.  Sixty-eight percent of voters are worried that public schools are promoting controversial beliefs and attitudes with 49% saying they are very concerned. Last October, 76% of voters were concerned about what public schools were teaching. Social Security recipients get 8.2% increase The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that prices rose by 8.2% last month on an annual basis. In the face of surging inflation, Social Security recipients will get an 8.7% increase in their benefits next year. It's the largest cost-of-living adjustment in 40 years. A survey by the American Advisors Group found nearly a third of seniors say they are delaying retirement or are never planning to retire as consumer costs continue to rise. The impact of Scripture And finally, the American Bible Society released their latest findings from the 2022 State of the Bible report. The study found 92% of Bible Users say the Bible has transformed their life. Even 38% of non-Bible Users say the same. Bible Users are defined as those who read the Bible at least three to four times a year on their own.  The report also found people who are “Scripture Engaged” were the most likely to strongly agree they can forgive others. “Scripture Engaged” individuals are impacted daily by the Bible and regularly read and engage with the Bible. 2 Peter 1:19 says, “We also have the prophetic word strongly confirmed, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.” Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Wednesday, October 19th, in the year of our Lord 2022. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). And here, to conclude the newscast, is my son, Honor, who turns 13 today and becomes a man. Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

The leadership of a Texas megachurch has decided to leave The United Methodist Church without a congregational vote, which defies denominational rules on dismissal.The U.S. Department of Justice indicted a 10th pro-life activist in connection to a 2020 blockade of a Washington, D.C. abortion clinic.Two years ago, the daughter of January Littlejohn stepped inside her mom's car and told her that earlier that day she'd had a meeting with school staff who were affirming her new gender identity and asked which restroom she preferred to use.When authorities in Iran summoned a Christian couple to Tehran, the house-church members supposed it concerned the return of their confiscated belongings. Instead, they were detained in Tehran's Evin Prison.Subscribe to this Podcast Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Overcast Subscribe to Generation Indoctrination Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Get the Edifi App Download for iPhone Download for Android Subscribe to Our Newsletter Subscribe to the Freedom Post, delivered every Monday and Thursday Click here to get the top headlines delivered to your inbox every morning! Links to the News Texas megachurch wants to leave UMC without congregational vote | Church & Ministries News Atheist activist indicted for role in abortion clinic blockade | Politics News Generation Indoctrination podcast: How schools are ‘ground zero' | Living News Iran sentences Christian couple to prison for house church | World News Apologist lists 3 common reasons people 'deconstruct' their faith | Living News Turkey: Victims of religious oppression talk of Christian decline | World News Most Americans believe homelessness in US has worsened: survey | U.S. News

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At least four people have died after a fire erupted at an Iranian detention centre known for housing political prisoners. Plumes of thick smoke and flames were seen coming from Evin Prison, located in Tehran, and gunshots and explosions heard. It is unclear whether the deaths are among the hundreds of anti-government demonstrators who have been sent there as protests escalate across the country. More than 230 people have been killed in the waves of unrest, prompted following the death of Masha Amini at the hands of morality police. Iranian journalist Omid Memarian joins us with the latest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's headlines: 4 people were killed and 61 injured following a major fire at the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on Saturday evening. Current democratic senator Raphael Warnock debated his republican opponent Herschel Walker on Saturday night. Republican candidate Kari Lake refused to say in a CNN interview whether she would accept the results of her election if she loses the governor's race in Arizona. New reporting reveals that Trump moved all of his business assets into another company the day the most recent lawsuit was filed. Finally for today, Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities in regard to his conduct in the course of the twitter acquisition.  Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: BBC: Evin prison fire: Several dead after fire at Iran's notorious detention centre VOX: What we learned from the Walker-Warnock debate Axios: Kari Lake refuses to say whether she will accept election results if she loses Business Insider: Donald Trump has incorporated 'Trump Organization II' in apparent dodge of NY fraud case, officials say Axios: Trump: I could "easily" be Israel's prime minister CNN: Elon Musk is under federal investigation over his Twitter deal, Twitter claims Washington Post: Musk appeasement of Putin and China stokes fears of new Twitter policies   Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

Protests against the regime in Iran have been spreading across the country for a month now. Over the weekend, a large fire erupted inside a facility in Tehran known for jailing political prisoners and for rampant human rights abuses. At least eight people are believed to be dead. Amna Nawaz sat down with Neda Shargi, whose brother is currently detained inside Evin Prison. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Protests against the regime in Iran have been spreading across the country for a month now. Over the weekend, a large fire erupted inside a facility in Tehran known for jailing political prisoners and for rampant human rights abuses. At least eight people are believed to be dead. Amna Nawaz sat down with Neda Shargi, whose brother is currently detained inside Evin Prison. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Iranians are speculating whether pro-democracy rallies provoked a deadly fire at Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. According to the official story, the fire started during an attempted jailbreak. However, some speculate it was an attempt to free political prisoners, specifically hundreds of demonstrators detained since Mahsa Amini died. Guests: Leila Mansouri Lawyer and Diaspora Community Leader Setareh Sadeqi Political Analyst Jared Genser Lawyer for the Namazi Family

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Tehran's notorious and feared Evin prison where many claims of torture, including sexual assault have been made experienced a major fire overnight. Gun shots were also heard. Iranians continue their daily/nightly street protests against the regime and have reportedly been met by deadly gunfire by government security personnel. Guest: Hamed Esmaeilion. Member PS752justice.com, comprised of families of victims of Flight PS752, shot down over Tehran on January 8, 2020.  (PS752Justice.com initiated the protest rallies against the Tehran regime and which recently were held across Canada and internationally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Lester for @7NewsAustralia joins David and Will talking the latest on Iran's Evin Prison.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The authorities said the blaze had broken out as a result of "unrest" inside the jail but was now under control. Also; Uganda imposes restrictions on movement in two districts affected by a worsening Ebola outbreak, and, after saying he will, Elon Musk now says he won't charge for usage of his Starlink services that are crucial to Ukraine's war effort against Russia.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is home to a Christian community that flourishes in secret. Joshua is one of the founders of the largest Christian groups in Iran today. Born into an affluent, religiously devout Muslim family, Joshua rejected that faith in his mid-teens. After a rebellious youth he converted to Christianity and began his ministry with the homeless and addicted of Tehran, but he couldn't avoid the scrutiny of the oppressive Iranian government. He was arrested, tortured, and incarcerated in the notorious Evin Prison. After his release he was forced to flee to Turkey as a refugee. While there he began another church to serve the refugee community. Joshua's arrival in America brings new challenges, new opportunities, and a family he never anticipated. This inspiring true story is a journey through three countries, the joys and losses of a man's life and his practical approach to faith grounded in the love and acceptance of all people.Here's a breakdown of what is covered:[00:00:07] - Special cohost welcome.[00:00:25] - The story of joshua.[00:01:40] - Who is joshua.[00:02:38] - The need to tell his story.[00:04:22] - How josh converted to christianity.[00:06:03] - How did you get into drawing.[00:06:55] - Do you forgive the iranian government.[00:08:21] - Why become joshua.[00:11:39] - Some bible verses joshua loves.[00:12:26] - What americans don ' t know about iranian christians.[00:19:25] - The final thoughts.[00:21:16] - The becoming joshua ministry.https://becomingjoshua.comSoraya -Be Convinced! Sharing Lifechanging Stories of HopeHost Soraya Coffelt shares lifechanging stories of hope to encourage and motivate you.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

This week on Babel, Jon speaks with Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American journalist who grew up in California and moved to Iran to report in 2009. In 2012, he joined the Washington Post, and in 2014, he was arrested and spent 544 days in Iran's Evin Prison. Jon and Rezaian talk about why he went to Iran, what the U.S. government gets wrong about Iranians, and how Iranian leaders think about hostage-taking and its role in Iranian foreign policy. Then, Jon, Will Todman, and Caleb Harper continue the conversation about what some Iranians get wrong about Americans and how decisionmakers should think about public opinion in Iran and other states in the region. Jason Rezaian, “Iran is spinning a fairytale that there's no place like home. No one's buying it.” Washington Post, January 12, 2022.  Jason Rezaian, “Four decades of ignorance have led to this U.S.-Iran standoff,” Washington Post, December 28, 2021.  Podcast, "Karim Sadjadpour: Iran's Future," CSIS, July 13, 2021. Jon Alterman, "Iran Will Still Be a Slog," DefenseOne, January 23, 2021. Transcript, "What We Get Wrong About Iran," CSIS, February 1, 2022.

What if you were faced with a choice to die or betray Jesus? Would your faith withstand the test of the most severe persecution?  In this episode, our host Helen Todd talks with Marzieh Amirizadeh, who spent nine months in the most brutal prison of Iran because of her faith in Christ.She was sentenced to death by hanging for refusing to deny her faith. In this interview Marzieh shares how she found Christ in Iran, how she had a supernatural encounter with the Holy Spirit and what motivated her to stand firm for Christ in the most severe circumstances.  Timestamps:3:40 - Marzieh's early life and family in Iran.4:45 - How Marzieh came to faith in Christ and encounter with the Holy Spirit.14:00 - Muslims coming to faith and Marzieh preaching the gospel in Iran.23:40 - Dealing with fear in the most brutal prison in the world, Evin Prison.30:35 - Mental torture in Evin Prison.36:00 - Marzieh's advice for people afraid of persecution.40:50 - “Captive in Iran: The story of Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh” After you listen to this episode, go to our host website: www.rfwma.org and find out how World Missions Alliance can help you connect to your greater purpose. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the Limitless Spirit Podcast, click below:Support the show (https://rfwma.org/give)            Email us your questions and comments at podcast@rfwma.orgWMA is 501(c)(3), donations are tax deductibleSupport the show (https://rfwma.org/give)

This week's episode is covers Western media coverage of Iran, bias in the American academy, China, and much more with Xiyue Wang. Saeed Ghasseminejad and Cameron Khansarinia explore the human angle of US policy towards the Islamic Republic and what one learns after 40 months in the Islamic Republic in Iran's most notorious prison. Iran Uncovered is a podcast by NUFDI bringing you experts, activists, and newsmakers to talk #Iran. It is hosted by Saeed Ghasseminejad and Cameron Khansarinia. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncoveredIran About this week's guest. Wang Xiyue is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where his research focuses on the history and regional affairs of the Middle East (with an emphasis on Iran), China, Russia, and Eurasia. He is concurrently a PhD candidate in history at Princeton University, where he specializes in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, the late Ottoman Empire, the modern Middle East, and modern China. He is especially interested in great-power rivalries in the Middle East and in how the Soviets and Chinese interacted with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary regime, and how such interactions shaped the geopolitics in the region since the late 1970s Mr. Wang came to national prominence through his analyses on Iran that combine scholarly insights with in-country experience: in August 2016, on an academic visit to Iran as a Princeton graduate student, he was detained by Iranian authorities, falsely charged with espionage, and imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran. In July 2017, he was formally sentenced to 10 years in prison. Mr. Wang was released in a prisoner swap between the US and Iran in December 2019. Since his release, Mr. Wang has written about his experience in Iran in Foreign Affairs. His writings on US-Iranian relations and Sino-Iranian relations have been widely published in Bloomberg Opinion, Foreign Policy, and RealClearWorld, among others. Mr. Wang is fluent in Chinese and Farsi, proficient in French, German, Pashto, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nufdiran/support

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On this week's show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss recent security news, including: T-Mobile owned hard USA no fly list winds up on unsecured ElasticSearch in Bahrain… because reasons Facebook scrambles to secure Afghani accounts Hacker steals and returns $600 from de-fi platform Healthcare sector struggles with ransomware attacks A very sweet TCP-based amplification technique that will be A Problem Much, much more Evan Sultanik and Dan Guido will be joining us to talk about Fickling – a tool developed by Trail of Bits to do unnatural things to the Python Pickle files that are heavily used as a means to share machine learning models. The machine learning supply chain is really quite wobbly, and they'll be joining us later to talk about that. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that's your thing. Show notes T-Mobile breach climbs to over 50 million people T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People – Krebs on Security 1.9 million records from the FBI's terrorist watchlist leaked online - The Record by Recorded Future Facebook, other platforms scramble to secure user accounts in Afghanistan This $600 Million Crypto Heist Is the Most Bizarre Hack in Recent Memory A Hacker Stole and Then Returned $600 Million Japanese crypto-exchange Liquid hacked for $94 million - The Record by Recorded Future Operator of the Helix bitcoin mixer pleads guilty to money laundering - The Record by Recorded Future Healthcare provider expected to lose $106.8 million following ransomware attack - The Record by Recorded Future Hospitals hamstrung by ransomware are turning away patients | Ars Technica US healthcare org sends data breach warning to 1.4m patients following ransomware attack | The Daily Swig The pandemic revealed the health risks of hospital ransomware attacks - The Verge Ransomware hackers could hit U.S. supply chain, experts warn Ransomware hits Lojas Renner, Brazil's largest clothing store chain - The Record by Recorded Future RansomClave project uses Intel SGX enclaves for ransomware attacks - The Record by Recorded Future Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware – Krebs on Security Japan's Tokio Marine is the latest insurer to be victimized by ransomware Cyber insurance market encounters ‘crisis moment' as ransomware costs pile up White House to tackle cyber challenges with Apple, IBM, insurance CEOs | Reuters FBI sends its first-ever alert about a 'ransomware affiliate' - The Record by Recorded Future New LockFile ransomware gang weaponizes ProxyShell and PetitPotam attacks - The Record by Recorded Future Multiple ransomware gangs pounce on 'PrintNightmare' vulnerability Peterborough NH Cyberattack: Town Loses $2.3M in Taxpayer Money – NBC Boston Almost 2,000 Exchange servers hacked using ProxyShell exploit - The Record by Recorded Future ALTDOS hacking group wreaks havoc across Southeast Asia - The Record by Recorded Future Hackers Leak Surveillance Camera Videos Purportedly Taken From Inside Iran's Evin Prison - by Kim Zetter - Zero Day Apple reopens legal fight against security firm Corellium, raising concerns for ethical hackers Apple says researchers can vet its child safety features. But it's suing a startup that does just that. | MIT Technology Review This $500 Million Russian Cyber Mogul Planned To Take His Company Public—Then America Accused It Of Hacking For Putin's Spies Cisco: Security devices are vulnerable to SNIcat data exfiltration technique - The Record by Recorded Future SNIcat: Circumventing the guardians | mnemonic BlackBerry's popular operating system for medical devices affected by critical vulnerabilities, drawing fed warnings Realtek SDK vulnerabilities impact dozens of downstream IoT vendors | The Daily Swig Hundreds of thousands of Realtek-based devices under attack from IoT botnet - The Record by Recorded Future Accellion Kiteworks Vulnerabilities | Insomnia Security Firewalls and middleboxes can be weaponized for gigantic DDoS attacks - The Record by Recorded Future Hackers tried to exploit two zero-days in Trend Micro's Apex One EDR platform - The Record by Recorded Future Exhaustive study puts China's infamous Great Firewall under the microscope | The Daily Swig Web hosting platform cPanel & WHM is vulnerable to authenticated RCE and privilege escalation | The Daily Swig Benno on Twitter: "I will donate $50 to a charity of @riskybusiness' choice if he puts this in the show." / Twitter Never a dill moment: Exploiting machine learning pickle files PrivacyRaven: Implementing a proof of concept for model inversion GitHub - trailofbits/fickling: A Python pickling decompiler and static analyzer

In 2009 in Iran, Maryam and Marziyeh were imprisoned and sentenced to death because of their Christian faith. Maryam and Marziyeh were born into Muslim families but converted to Christianity and began to share the Gospel with those around them. They were arrested in March 2009 after being accused of evangelism and apostasy. After 259 days in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison they were released. This is their story. https://www.alpha.org/blog/leadership-conversations-with-nicky-gumbel-podcast-maryam-marziyeh/

Sgt. Kraus was a young Marine Sergeant assigned to protect the US Embassy in Tehran. On February 14th, 1979, the embassy was attacked by Fedayeen militants. Sgt. Kraus and his fellow Marines exchanged gunfire with the terrorists until the Ambassador ordered the surrender of the embassy. Sgt. Kraus was held hostage, shot, and brutally tortured in EVIN Prison before his release. He went on and continued his life of public service in law enforcement! Listen as his describes his experiences in his own words!

Frankie Picasso host of Mission Unstoppable Radio and Brent Marchant, the Good Radio Network, Movie Critic interviewed the amazing team of Marcia Ross- Producer and Jeff Kaufman, Director of the documentary film, Nasrin, filmed secretly in Iran, using undercover camera crew to film  lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is currently imprisoned in Evin Prison for defending a Women's right not to wear a Hijab in public.  She has routinely defended, woman and children, LBGTQ, political prisoners and those facing the death penalty. In 2018 halfway through filming, Nasrin was sentenced to 38 years and 145 lashes.  Nasrin is a mother and wife.

Every year, journalists around the world experience censorship, surveillance, and, in extreme cases of press suppression, imprisonment and murder. On July 22, 2014, Jason Rezaian, who served as Tehran bureau chief for The Washington Post, was arrested by Iranian authorities from his apartment, along with his wife. Globally, between 2015 and 2019, a total of 454 journalists were killed and 594 were imprisoned — and this number is increasing. This episode tells the ordeal Jason suffered while detained in Iran's Evin Prison for more than 500 days. We discuss the troubled relationship between the United States and Iran and explore global trends related to media intimidation and the crackdown on journalists. Finally, we share some ideas on how listeners can advocate for freedom of expression and support journalists whose rights have been assaulted. Learn from expert voices: David Kaye, Professor of Law at UC Irvine School of Law, and Farnaz Fassihi, Reporter for the New York Times. The Elders Special Segment Guest: Hina Jilani, Member of The Elders and Pakistani Human Rights Advocate. -- Finding Humanity is a production of Humanity Lab Foundation and Hueman Group Media. Subscribe, rate, and leave us a review. For more information, visit findinghumanitypodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter @find_humanity and on Facebook @findinghumanitypod.

Directed, produced, and written by Jeff Kaufman and produced by Marcia S. Ross (Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life) NASRIN is an immersive portrait of one of the world’s most courageous human rights activists and an outspoken leader of Iran's remarkably resilient women's rights movement. She is currently in the fifth week of a hunger strike and serving a long sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. Millions of people from over 200 nations have called for Nasrin’s release including President-elect Joe Biden; journalist Christiane Amanpour; journalist/activist Gloria Steinem; author Margaret Atwood; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, and many others. Secretly filmed in Iran by men and women who risked arrest, NASRIN features interviews with acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi, Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, journalist Ann Curry, and Nasrin’s husband and fellow-activist Reza Khandan. NASRIN is narrated by Oscar® winning actress Olivia Colman and also features an original song by Tony Award®-winning composers Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and performed by 4-time Grammy® winner Angélique Kidjo. In addition, Washington Post columnist and former political prisoner Jason Rezaian serves as one of the film’s Executive Producers. Director Jeff Kaufman and Producer Marcia S. Ross join us to talk about one of the world’s most courageous woman and about the daily challenges she and other civil and women’s rights activist face in one of the world’s most repressive regimes. Update on Nasrin: As of today, Nasrin Sotoudeh has been ordered back to prison in Iran. Earlier last month, she was released from prison due to health reasons and the corona -19 virus. Then, she had just ended her 40+ day hunger strike at the end of October in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. Please join us in telling her story and amplifying her voice for her freedom. Nasrin hashtag #StandUp4NASRIN continues to grow daily. For news, screenings and updates go to: nasrinfilm.com  

Australian academic Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been freed after more than 800 days in detention in Iran. She spent more than two years of that time in Evin Prison. Journalist at the Washington Post, Jason Rezaian, who also spent time in the prison, has revealed what the conditions are like. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Farsi Legend we cover the role of Police (NAJA) in Iranian Society. Tune into speeches from Commanders and even a secretly recorded conversation between a Sepah Intelligence official and a politician (released on BBC Persian via Creative Commons) which eventually led to the politician's arrest and eventual transfer to Evin Prison..

Season 2, Episode 5 - The COVID-19 Crisis & Prisons in Iran - FLD Intro: 00:00 - 02:02 - Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Prize Winner & Lawyer: 02:03 - 05:03 - Roya Boroumand, Executive DIrector, AB Center: 05:03 - 20:44 (including testimonies from Iranian prisoners) This episode of Rights on the Line focuses on the prison situation in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is a collaboration between Front Line Defenders and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran, a non-governmental non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of human rights and democracy in Iran. In its documentation of human rights defenders cases in Iran, Front Line Defenders has often drawn attention to the poor health conditions in the prisons. The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center has also documented these conditions, most recently in its April 2020 report, “COVID-19 Fear in Iran’s Prisons”, available on the Center’s website, www.iranrights.org The first COVID-19 cases were reported in Iran on February 19th in Qom. A month later, the annual Persian New Year celebrations of Nowruz meant that Iranians traveled extensively throughout the country as the government did not impose social distancing policies. As a result of the government’s response, compounded by sanctions and a faltering economy, Iran today is one of the global epicenters of the pandemic. As of May 11, there are almost 110,000 cases and over 6,500 dead according to official figures. Iran is among the 10 most affected countries both in terms of number of cases and number of deaths per 100,000. The government has released approximately 100,000 prisoners in an effort to improve overcrowding at prisons, but poor conditions remain. And notably, imprisoned human rights defenders have almost entirely been excluded from furlough or release. In fact, in recent weeks, Front Line Defenders has reported on cases of HRDs being summoned to report to prison to start serving prison sentences, including Shapour Ehsanirad, Nahid Khodajo and Soha Mortezaei. Sam Rajabi, who is imprisoned in the notorious Evin Prison, was returned to prison despite having tested positive at a civic hospital while receiving treatment for another serious health condition. And long-term cases, Atena Daemi, Narges Mohammadi and Nasrin Sotoudeh remain imprisoned.

In part two of Jeff King's interview with Maryam and Marziyeh, they share about their experience in Evin Prison, known as the "Torture Factory" of Iran, where they continued their evangelism ministry. The post Episode 14: Freedom in Prison appeared first on Persecution.

Christian Global Report, India Itinerary, Burkina Faso, Middle east, Iraq, Iran Evin Prison, Christian Persecution, Chinas Christian problem, Pakistan kidnapping girls, Brazil for Jesus, from Warn Radio Christian Global Report this week looks at President Trumps itinerary to India with hopes that he will bring up religious freedom to PM modi there. We also report on the biggest trouble in Africa today is the ongoing trouble in Burkino Faso. Next to this trouble we find Nigeria on the hot list of troubles. Iran and Evin Prison is in for a close look, as is China's Christian problem. Plus the Pakistani trouble of Islamic men kidnapping young girls is in the news. Brazil also focus' on Jesus with It's President declaring as much. Join Warn Radio today and listen in. Go to our link https://linktr.ee/warnradio for the latest articles and show episodes plus more resources Christian Global Report surveys the nations and finds the latest in gospel and christian news. In this we also find politics, governments, and other innocents in the cross fire of bullets and political intrigue. From one corner to the other this week we find people in danger, hope arising, and the faith of Jesus tested in many believers. Join us today!  To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com

Christian Global Report surveys the nations and finds the latest in gospel and christian news. In this we also find politics, governments, and other innocents in the cross fire of bullets and political intrigue. From one corner to the other this week we find people in danger, hope arising, and the faith of Jesus tested in many believers. Join us today! Find other Links at https://linktr.ee/warnradio for the latest articles and show episodes plus more resources To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com Christian-Global-Report, Faith-testimony, JesusChrist, Gospel, Christian-persecution #Christian-Advocacy-Practics, #India-persecutes, #Iraq, #Irans-Evin, #Nigerian-attacks, #Gospel, #Pakistan, #Burkina-faso, #Christian-persecution, #Pakistan-kidnapping-girls, #Brazil-for-Jesus, #WarnRadio --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wibr-visions/support

Christian Global Report, India Itinerary, Burkina Faso, Middle east, Iraq, Iran Evin Prison, Christian Persecution, Chinas Christian problem, Pakistan kidnapping girls, Brazil for Jesus, from Warn Radio Christian Global Report this week looks at President Trumps itinerary to India with hopes that he will bring up religious freedom to PM modi there. We also report on the biggest trouble in Africa today is the ongoing trouble in Burkino Faso. Next to this trouble we find Nigeria on the hot list of troubles. Iran and Evin Prison is in for a close look, as is China's Christian problem. Plus the Pakistani trouble of Islamic men kidnapping young girls is in the news. Brazil also focus' on Jesus with It's President declaring as much. Join Warn Radio today and listen in. Go to our link https://linktr.ee/warnradio for the latest articles and show episodes plus more resources Christian Global Report surveys the nations and finds the latest in gospel and christian news. In this we also find politics, governments, and other innocents in the cross fire of bullets and political intrigue. From one corner to the other this week we find people in danger, hope arising, and the faith of Jesus tested in many believers. Join us today!  To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com

Christian Advocacy Practics; Navy Chaplains; Persecution in Nigeria India, Pakistan; China Virus, North korea, Christianity's Iraq survival, Plague, Evin Prison, from Warn Radio Christian Advocacy Practics covers major issues in the world facing both believers and non believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. Navy Chaplains are making their way through the many rules of the military in order to present Christ. Meanwhile, ongoing persecution of Christians continue in Nigeria, India, Pakistan, China, North Korea, Iraq, and Iran. We look at the plague, Irans notorius Evin Prison, and more as we have time. Go to our link https://linktr.ee/warnradio for the latest articles and show episodes plus more resources Christian Advocacy Practics in our global report finds believers in the thick of troubles. As followers of Jesus Christ find themselves along with others facing persecution, homelessness, starvation, and plagues, we are reminded that the Lord said he would never leave us or forsake us. Lest we forget as well, the Lord is able to deliver you, making a way through the troubles. We have overcome, past tense here; meaning already have done this. Revelation 12:11 tells us the three items that prove we have overcame.  To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com

Christian Advocacy Practics covers major issues in the world facing both believers and non believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. Navy Chaplains are making their way through the many rules of the military in order to present Christ. Meanwhile, ongoing persecution of Christians continue in Nigeria, India, Pakistan, China, North Korea, Iraq, and Iran. We look at the plague, Irans notorius Evin Prison, and more as we have time. Go to our link https://linktr.ee/warnradio for the latest articles and show episodes plus more resources Christian Advocacy Practics in our global report finds believers in the thick of troubles. As followers of Jesus Christ find themselves along with others facing persecution, homelessness, starvation, and plagues, we are reminded that the Lord said he would never leave us or forsake us. Lest we forget as well, the Lord is able to deliver you, making a way through the troubles. We have overcome, past tense here; meaning already have done this. Revelation 12:11 tells us the three items that prove we have overcame. To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com Christian-Advocacy-Practics, Faith-testimony, JesusChrist, Anti-christ, America #Christian-Advocacy-Practics, #Navy-Chaplains, #India-persecutes, #Christian-refugees, #Coronavirus, #NorthKorea, #Iraq, #Plague, #Irans-Evin, #Nigerian-attacks, #Gospel, #Pakistan, #WarnRadio --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wibr-visions/support

Christian Advocacy Practics; Navy Chaplains; Persecution in Nigeria India, Pakistan; China Virus, North korea, Christianity's Iraq survival, Plague, Evin Prison, from Warn Radio Christian Advocacy Practics covers major issues in the world facing both believers and non believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. Navy Chaplains are making their way through the many rules of the military in order to present Christ. Meanwhile, ongoing persecution of Christians continue in Nigeria, India, Pakistan, China, North Korea, Iraq, and Iran. We look at the plague, Irans notorius Evin Prison, and more as we have time. Go to our link https://linktr.ee/warnradio for the latest articles and show episodes plus more resources Christian Advocacy Practics in our global report finds believers in the thick of troubles. As followers of Jesus Christ find themselves along with others facing persecution, homelessness, starvation, and plagues, we are reminded that the Lord said he would never leave us or forsake us. Lest we forget as well, the Lord is able to deliver you, making a way through the troubles. We have overcome, past tense here; meaning already have done this. Revelation 12:11 tells us the three items that prove we have overcame.  To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com

In this bonus episode of On Docs, actor and filmmaker Maryam Zaree joins host Colin Ellis to discuss her documentary, Born in Evin. The daughter of political dissidents, Zaree was born inside Iran's notorious prison. She and her mother fled to Germany as refugees when she was a child. The film, which follows her quest to find answers about her early years, was screened at the 17th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival in Toronto.

Mahnaz Mohammadi, Farzad Pak and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Son/Mother, activism, family, choices and women’s rights, tradition, values and storytelling, patriarchy, empathy and how things do change bit by bit, over time. Trailer Synopsis: Leila is a single working mom of two. The factory she works at faces a crisis and jobs are at stake. Kazem, the factory bus driver, proposes marriage to Leila, but she hesitates to accept his conditions. Kazem has a daughter the same age as her 12-year-old son, Amir, and since tradition frowns upon a young girl sharing a household with her step-brother, Kazem tells Leila not to bring her son until he marries his daughter off. After Leila is fired from her job, she makes the decision to stay with Kazem and leave Amir at a boarding school for deaf children, while she tries to manage his return. There, Amir is forced to pretend he’s deaf-and-dumb, and after a few months tries to run away to search for his mother. On the run, he faces Kazem who asks him to think about his family’s future. Amir has to decide.About the Directors: Well-known for her provocative documentaries on social issues as well as her tireless activism, Iranian director Mahnaz Mohammadi has made headlines in the likes of The Guardian, the Hollywood Reporter or Variety, and has been supported by Amnesty International and the French Directors Guild (Société des réalisateurs de films) among others. Mohammadi wrote and directed her first short documentary, Women without Shadows, in 2003. She instantly received praise at international film festivals for her depiction of homeless and abandoned women in a state-run shelter, and continued documenting everyday lives and struggles of people in her next couple of films. The award-winning feature documentary Travelogue was shot on a train going from Tehran to Ankara, where Mohammadi questioned passengers about the reasons why they decided to flee the country. The film premiered in 2010 at the ‘A Day in Tehran’ event in Paris, with the director in attendance, which became one of the reasons for Iranian authorities to ban Mohammadi from leaving the country and from producing any more films. The avid women’s rights activist also contributed to Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s documentary We Are Half the Iran’s Population, which portrayed the demands of Iranian women in the 2009 presidential election. At the time, Mohammadi was already considered a public enemy, her passport was withheld by the court, and her home was searched. The authorities also confiscated her work and filming equipment along with other personal belongings, while banning her from working as a filmmaker. Several of her films have been banned in Iran. In 2011, she starred in Reza Serkanian‘s drama The Momentary Marriage and was invited to the 64th Cannes Film Festival, but was not allowed to attend. Greek-French filmmaker Costa-Gavras read a letter she sent, including the famous words: “I am a woman, I am a filmmaker, two sufficient grounds to be guilty in this country.” In June, she was arrested and jailed in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison. A month later, she was released on bail. Farzad Park is the producer, long-time member of the Association of Independent Iranian Producers, and head of the Filminiran production company. During his 20-year career in documentary and fi lm, he has worked in both Iranian and international productions spanning from Joanna Lumley’s silk road documentary to Costanza Quatriglio’s war drama Just Like My Son (Sembra mio fi glio), which was released in 2018 as an Italian, Croatian, and Belgian co-production. Image Copyright: Farzad Park and Europe Media Nest. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Find all GHT Overland podcasts at: https://ghtoverland.com/podcastsFor Overlanding Gear visit https://ghtoverland.com/overlanding-gear-guideThis week we ask you and the overlanding community as a whole to pause - pause for a moment to give your strongest thoughts of support, thoughts of safety, and or prayers; whatever it is that you do.Our friends Jolie King and Mark Firkin of The Way Overland need you. They need all of us. They need every thought, every prayer, all of our positive energy working in their favor.Please pass this along for more awareness, more people being aware of their situation and their absolute desperate need for as much positive thoughts, energy, prayers, or all of it, whatever it is that you feel good about doing. Their situation could not be more dire. It is our hope that they are immediately released safely, back to each other, and back to their families.Jolie and Mark, our hearts ache for both of you. With love and support, we can not wait to see that you’ve been safely released.Find Links and all show notes at: https://www.patreon.com/ghtoverland/postsMusic by Shane Brown / www.shanebrownmusic.com & Hillsong United - Closer Than You Know

Find all GHT Overland podcasts at: https://ghtoverland.com/podcastsFor Overlanding Gear visit https://ghtoverland.com/overlanding-gear-guideThis week we ask you and the overlanding community as a whole to pause - pause for a moment to give your strongest thoughts of support, thoughts of safety, and or prayers; whatever it is that you do.Our friends Jolie King and Mark Firkin of The Way Overland need you. They need all of us. They need every thought, every prayer, all of our positive energy working in their favor.Please pass this along for more awareness, more people being aware of their situation and their absolute desperate need for as much positive thoughts, energy, prayers, or all of it, whatever it is that you feel good about doing. Their situation could not be more dire. It is our hope that they are immediately released safely, back to each other, and back to their families.Jolie and Mark, our hearts ache for both of you. With love and support, we can not wait to see that you’ve been safely released.Find Links and all show notes at: https://www.patreon.com/ghtoverland/postsMusic by Shane Brown / www.shanebrownmusic.com & Hillsong United - Closer Than You Know

In July 2014 Washington Post Iran correspondent Jason Rezaian was on the brink of a two-month sabbatical in the US with his wife Yeganeh when his Tehran home was raided by police. A gun was pointed at his head, he was arrested and accused of spying. Yeganeh, who is Iranian, was released after two months, but Rezaian was held in Iran's notorious Evin Prison for 544 days, including a period of solitary confinement. Now back at the Washington Post, Rezaian has written about his imprisonment in his memoir, Prisoner. On today's podcast he talks to Chris about what kept him going throughout the torture and interrogations at Evin, the role of the Obama administration in his eventual release and why he will one day go back to Iran. Prisoner, by Jason Rezaian, published by Harper-Collins, is out now.

Tommy and Ben talk with the Washington Post's Jason Rezaian about his book Prisoner, which details the 544 days he spent in an Iran's notoriously brutal Evin Prison. Jason was held hostage by the Iranian regime and held as leverage in the nuclear negotiations. Jason details his experience while Ben explains what the negotiations were like from his perch in the White House. It is a hell of a good episode.

Iranian-American Jason Rezaian, native of Marin County, was just trying to report on the daily lives and hopes of the people of Tehran. But as his gripping new book Prisoner details, he instead ended up in the notorious Evin Prison, a chess piece in an international showdown between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States. He sat down with host Nathan Thornburgh over classic Cokes and talked about the day he and his wife were arrested, what he thinks of his captors, and his stubborn hopes for Iranian society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iranian-American Jason Rezaian, native of Marin County, was just trying to report on the daily lives and hopes of the people of Tehran. But as his gripping new book Prisoner details, he instead ended up in the notorious Evin Prison, a chess piece in an international showdown between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States. He sat down with host Nathan Thornburgh over classic Cokes and talked about the day he and his wife were arrested, what he thinks of his captors, and his stubborn hopes for Iranian society.

Jason Rezaian was born in California to an Iranian father and an American mother. After a failed effort to enter the Persian rug trade, he moved to Tehran to be a reporter, and was working for the Washington Post when he was arrested by Iranian authorities.  Rezaian was held at the notorious Evin Prison, and was interrogated for more than five hundred days. He was a pawn in an intrigue within the government: he believes his arrest, as an American journalist, was an attempt by hard-liners to interfere with the ongoing nuclear negotiations between Iran and other countries. Rezaian’s memoir of that time is called “Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison—Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out.” He spoke with David Remnick about his experiences on January 22, 2019, at “Live from NYPL ,” the New York Public Library’s premier conversation series.  

In the 49th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Marina Nemat. Marina is the author of two memoirs about her life growing up in Iran, serving time in Evin Prison for speaking out against... The post 49: Marina Netmat appeared first on LIVE IN LIMBO.

Meet two activists with strong personal stories: Yeonmi Park and Marina Nemat. In a conversation led by Journalist Hilde Sandvik, these two remarkable women will discuss human rights and female activism. The event is a cooperation between Oslo Freedom Forum and the Nobel Peace Center. Bio: Yeonmi Park grew up as part of the elite in North Korea until the regime punished her father for selling items to China. The family was banished to the north, where poverty, starvation, and “disappearences” became part of everyday life. After she escaped in 2007, Yeonmi Park is now living in Seoul, where she study criminal justice. Bio: Marina Nemat from Iran was imprisoned at the age of 16 for criticizing Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime. In the infamous Evin Prison, she was interrogated, tortured and raped by a prison guard who she was forced to marry. When the guard was killed, she was released and fled to Canada.

Prophecy Christian News, Faith-friendly Prez, Evin Prison, State Dept, Israel, Italy on World events focus | www.warn-usa.com | WIBR WARN Radio Check out the Watchman's new book, now on all Ingram distribution channels and Amazon distribution worldwide! Steel the Darkness, A Christian Mystery Thriller; this is book one in a four book series. Learn more here: Steel the Darkness paperback http://amzn.to/2z4Kcpe Prophecy Christian News, Faith-friendly Prez, Evin Prison, State Dept, Israel, Italy on World events focus On Prophecy Christian News we begin with a Supreme court victory. Then we move to confessions of those in the news who say "he is the most Faith-friendly Prez!" We look at the infamous Evin prison in light of recent sanctions. Then we look at Christian persecution in India, Northern Sinai, Iraq, and other areas. We look at the international maritime exercise coming up in the Pacific. Finally we discuss Italy's too many migrants issues. All this and more as we have time.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Max Blumenthal, a bestselling author, senior editor of Grayzone Project, and co-host of the podcast “Moderate Rebels,” whose latest film is “Killing Gaza.” Washington is home to literally hundreds of think tanks. These quasi-academic institutions are supposed to be a home for subject matter experts to think the big thoughts, write important papers and books, and, perhaps to influence policy. But the truth isn’t that simple. Most think tanks are financed by special interests like defense contractors, foreign governments, and partisan billionaires. Very few Americans realize the impact these groups have on our government and on our politics.Beyond Nuclear with Kevin Kamps is Loud & Clear’s regular Wednesday segment. The hosts and Kevin look at nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, joins the show. Israelis and Palestinians traded fire today along the border with Gaza, as the two sides engaged in ceasefire talks. But even as the talks took place, Palestinians fired rockets into Israel and the Israeli military responded by bombing 25 sites in Gaza. Brian and John speak with Ali Abunimah, the co-founder of The Electronic Intifada and author of the book “The Battle for Justice in Palestine.” The Treasury Department today levied new sanctions on six Iranian nationals and three Iran-based entities, including Ansar e-Hezbollah, the Hanista Programing Group, and the notorious Evin Prison. The hosts look at what this means in the broader context of US sanctions on Iran. Dan Kovalik, a human rights and labor lawyer who is the author of “The Plot to attack Iran,” and Mohammad Marandi, an expert on American studies and postcolonial literature who teaches at the University of Tehran, join the show.Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was reported killed in Ukraine, and investigators had been looking for his killer. But today at a press conference about his death, Babchenko appeared—alive. Investigators say they were looking for people who were threatening him by faking his death. Brian and John speak with Mark Sleboda, an international affairs and security analyst. The Canadian government announced yesterday that it would buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans-Mountain Pipeline for $3.5 billion, hoping to save a project that has met with strong political and environmental opposition. Alison Bodine, a member of the Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice and of Climate Convergence - Metro Vancouver, joins Brian and John. According to a new filing today, federal prosecutors are poised to receive more than 1 million files from the three cell phones of President Trump’s personal attorney, Daniel Cohen. Federal investigators already have access to more than 300,000 pages of documents seized from Cohen’s office. The filing was made by a special master, appointed to protect information subject to attorney-client privilege. But is that even possible in an investigation of this magnitude? Daniel Lazare, a journalist and author of “The Frozen Republic,” “The Velvet Coup,” and “America's Undeclared War,” joins the show.

Unfolding biblical Prophecy and the news, Christian Pastors, Notorious Evin Prison, American Jerusalem Embassy, Christian Faith, Persecuted Christian faith in UK | www.warn-usa.com | WIBR WARN Radio Check out the Watchman's new book, now on all Ingram distribution channels and Amazon distribution worldwide! Steel the Darkness, A Christian Mystery Thriller; this is book one in a four book series. Learn more here: Steel the Darkness paperback http://amzn.to/2z4Kcpe Today the world events and Prophecy unravels right before us. Especially true as Jay Sekulow of the ACLJ outlines the dedication. CBN news covers the event and Pence speaks of Christian faith in the White House. As the enemies of Israel line up, so do the enemies of Christian faith in America. They despise Trump and Pence for their faith. Even backslidden liberal Jews in America have forsaken their motherland Israel. The whole of the middle east is on fire as hatred ignites, but today we discuss Christian faith, Israel has a right to Jerusalem and all the land, and the battle that is ongoing. The issues are hot, the events are on fire, and the end of days speaks loud and clear to us.

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From prime ministers to presidents, judges, professors, professional and amateur athletes, doctors, lawyers, movie and media stars, business titans – the list of people who made headlines with their ethical violations this year goes on and on. Guest: Dr. Arthur Caplan, head of Medical Ethics at the New York University School of Medicine, author of op-ed: “The media need to do more to elevate a national conversation about ethics” Looking back on British Columbia during 2017, what are some memorable and significant events from Canada's Pacific coast? What kind of national impact might they have had? Guest: Alise Mills, President of Alise Mills Communications in Vancouver As anti-government protests continue in Iran, there are reports that two protesters have been killed and the government is putting significant restrictions on access to social media. At 16, Marina Nemat was imprisoned in Tehran's Evin Prison, where she was tortured and sentenced to death for speaking out against the government of Iran. Guest:  Marina Nemat, author of “Prisoner of Tehran” and “After Tehran” Three members of the Conservative Party of Canada – powerful women known from coast to coast – join Roy to review national and international events from 2017 and offer a projection on what may occur in 2018.​ Guests: Michelle Rempel, CPC MP for the Calgary Nose Hill riding  Candice Bergen, CPC MP for the Portage-Lisgar riding   Denise Batters, CPC Senator for Saskatchewan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As anti-government protests continue in Iran, there are reports that two protesters have been killed and the government is putting significant restrictions on access to social media. At 16, Marina Nemat was imprisoned in Tehran's Evin Prison, where she was tortured and sentenced to death for speaking out against the government of Iran. Guest:  Marina Nemat, author of “Prisoner of Tehran” and “After Tehran” (Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In March 2016, Canadian-Iranian academic Dr. Homa Hoodfar, best known for her research on the role of women in Muslim societies, was arrested in Tehran by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. She was accused publicly of "dabbling in feminism and security matters" related to the recent election, and in June, after her bail was increased, she was jailed in Tehran's Evin Prison. There she faced many long interrogation sessions, constant threats of lengthy jail sentences and psychological torture while suffering from deteriorating health. In late September, after months of campaigning and diplomatic maneuvering, she was finally released and returned to Canada. Hear from Professor Hoodfar as she shares her story and discusses the reasons why academic freedom remains so important in modern society and why freedom of expression needs to be protected as a global right. The conversation was moderated by Dr. Kathryn Harrison, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts and a Professor of Political Science at UBC. The Master Mind Master Class speaker series is an alumni UBC program that offers an unprecedented look into the minds of modern thinkers making a unique impact on the world, and the lessons they've learned.

Sahar Delijani was born in Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran in 1983, the same year both her parents were arrested due to their political activism against the Islamic regime. In 1996, when she was 12 years old, her parents decided to move to Northern California to join her mother’s family. Delijani was registered in a middle school, starting from 7th grade. Her works have appeared in a wide range of literary publications and journals including The Battered Suitcase, Tryst, Slice Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Perigee, Border Hopping, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Sangam Review.Delijani was nominated for the 2010 and 2011 Pushcart Prize and was for a time a regular contributor to Iran-Emrooz (Iran of Today) Political and Cultural Journal. Children of the Jacaranda Tree is her first novel, published by Atria/Simon & Schuster in June 2013, and it is being translated into 27 languages. http://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/node/779

This week we continue looking back on some of the most impactful testimonies shared with us this year on VOM Radio. We’ll hear how God reached into the home of the police chief in a Southeast Asian village—even as the police chief was fighting against the gospel. We’ll hear from former prisoner Bob Fu what it means to a prisoner when he or she knows that Christians are praying for them. Sean will tell us how God used VOM to help save the life of an evangelist in Bangladesh after he was brutally attacked. Samuel will tell us about the risks of following Christ in Pakistan. We’ll hear from three different people impacted by a 2007 attack in Turkey that took the lives of three Christians. Brother Gokhan was a friend of those killed; Tim is now the pastor or the church the three men attended; and Semse Aydin is the widow of one of the martyred believers. Then we’ll hear from three guests who told us about the church in Iran—the fastest growing church in the world. Dr. Sasan will share with us about how Iranian Christians find joy in persecution. Nazanin works in a call center for one of our media partners, witnessing to and discipling Iranian believers by phone. Dr. Mike Ansari will tell us about a special effort to get Bibles digitally into Iran. Finally, Maryam and Marziyeh will share about the miracle of finding God’s Word inside the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran. You’ll be inspired and challenged as we look back on some of the amazing stories God has allowed us to share on VOM Radio in 2016.

What does it mean for Christians in prison to get letters from Christians around the world? It means that they are part of a family, and they are not forgotten. In Part 2 of our interview with Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh they share more of the story of how God used them inside Iran's notorious Evin Prison, where they spent 259 days. Listen as they share the heartbreak of seeing children born in prison and later taken from their mothers. Maryam and Marziyeh share how their treatment in prison changed when letters from around the world began arriving, and they'll give ideas about how we can talk to Muslims about our faith in Christ. You'll be inspired by the faith of these two women who consider it an honor to have been allowed to suffer for Jesus. Get "Captive in Iran" online at VOMBooks.com: https://secure.persecution.com/p-5105-captive-in-iran.aspx?SOURCE=VOMRADIONT Write letters to Christians still in prison today at PrisonerAlert.com.

Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh were bold evangelists in Iran, sharing their faith and distributing Bibles in that Islamic nation. Their evangelism work caught the attention of the authorities, and the two women ended up in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison, where they spent 259 days. But even in prison, Maryam and Marziyeh saw God’s hand at work, providing for them and allowing them to be witnesses for Him. “We experienced in prison how we should trust God and how we should trust His plans,” Maryam says. This week on VOM Radio they share how they began their ministry, what happened the day of their arrest, how they saw God at work in prison and even about the most discouraging day in Evin. You will be inspired as you hear Maryam and Marziyeh share about their sacrificial love for Christ. Get “Captive in Iran” at VOM Books: https://secure.persecution.com/p-5105-captive-in-iran.aspx?SOURCE=VOMRADIONT

In the summer of 2009, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan when they unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by a border patrol. Accused of espionage, the three Americans ultimately found themselves in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison, where they discovered that pooling their strength of will and relying on each other were the only ways they could survive. In their poignant memoir, A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014) “the hikers” finally tell their side of the story. They recount the deception that lured them into Iran in the first place and describe the psychological torment of interrogation and solitary confinement. We follow them as they make surprising alliances with their fellow prisoners and even some of their captors, while their own bonds with each other are tested and deepened. The story is also an indictment of US foreign policy and its inability to produce a diplomatic solution to secure the hikers’ release. Told through a bold and innovative interweaving of the authors’ three voices, here is a rare glimpse into prison life, Iran-US relations and a timeless portrayal of hardship and hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the summer of 2009, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan when they unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by a border patrol. Accused of espionage, the three Americans ultimately found themselves in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison, where they discovered that pooling their strength of will and relying on each other were the only ways they could survive. In their poignant memoir, A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014) “the hikers” finally tell their side of the story. They recount the deception that lured them into Iran in the first place and describe the psychological torment of interrogation and solitary confinement. We follow them as they make surprising alliances with their fellow prisoners and even some of their captors, while their own bonds with each other are tested and deepened. The story is also an indictment of US foreign policy and its inability to produce a diplomatic solution to secure the hikers’ release. Told through a bold and innovative interweaving of the authors’ three voices, here is a rare glimpse into prison life, Iran-US relations and a timeless portrayal of hardship and hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh knew they were putting their lives on the line. They knew it when they handed out New Testaments, and they knew it when they shared the message of Jesus with their countrymen. Their bold witness for Christ would cost them: they spent 259 days in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. But even in prison God had a plan as He opened the doors for incredible ministry among their fellow prisoners.

Hear the stories of Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh who were born into Muslim families in Iran and converted to Christianity as young adults. As a result of sharing their new found faith, they spent 259 days in the notorious Evin Prison in Te...

Hear the stories of Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh who were born into Muslim families in Iran and converted to Christianity as young adults. As a result of sharing their new found faith, they spent 259 days in the notorious Evin Prison in Te...

In 2009, three American hikers (and UC Berkeley grads) hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by a border patrol. Accused of espionage, they were incarcerated in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison—Sarah, for fourteen months and Josh and Fattal, for two long years. This poignant memoir is their story, as told through a bold and innovative interweaving of the authors’ three voices that recounts the psychological torment of interrogation and the collective strength of will that kept them alive. *Click here to see photos from the program!

Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari’s arrest and subsequent incarceration in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison in 2007 became an international incident that sparked protests from some of the world’s most influential public figures—including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Madeleine Albright. What started as a regular visit to her elderly mother, ended with Dr. Esfandiari as the victim of the far-fetched belief on the part of Iran Intelligence Ministry that she was part of an American conspiracy for “regime change” in Iran. Through her ordeal, she came face-to-face with the state of affairs between Iran and the United States—and witnessed first-hand how fear and paranoia could create a government that would take her captive. Dr. Esfandiari joins the Council to share her personal story and extensive knowledge of Iran to paint a picture of this country today and how it came to be.