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Society & Culture

Podcast: Art Under Attack

June 5, 2015
IranWire
Podcast: Art Under Attack
Podcast: Art Under Attack

Officially, Iran says it doesn't imprison people for their opinions.

But a Tehran court has just sentenced a 29-year-old artist, Atena Farghadani, to more than twelve years in prison.
 
Her main "crime" was to draw a picture of Iranian politicians as animals.
 
This week, Roland Elliott Brown looks at her case.

 

 

Read the full transcript of the podcast here

Last week's podcast: In the Court of the Judge of Death

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