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Jason Rezaian was the Washington Post's bureau chief in Tehran. But a tongue-in-cheek campaign to bring avocados to the country caught the attention of the authorities and landed him in Iran's most notorious prison. Jason wrote a book about his experience called Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison. This episode was first released on 4th April 2019.

Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Maryam Maruf

Image: Jason Rezaian
Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images

Published on Sunday, 24th January 2021.

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