The Interview - Homa Hoodfar, recently released after 112 days imprisoned in Iran

Homa Hoodfar, recently released after 112 days imprisoned in Iran

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


Published on Wednesday, 21st December 2016.

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