In a film from 2003, reporter Jane Kokan risks her life to go undercover in Iran and obtain secret pictures showing the medieval barbarity the Iranian authorities wanted to keep hidden from the outside world.
Revealing a reign of terror including the torture and murder of its own citizens, Jane meets the student leaders the government wanted to silence and investigates the death of Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi, who was beaten to death after 77 hours of interrogation in July 2003.
Featuring exclusive interviews with leaders of Iran's hidden revolution as well as shocking video evidence of the regime's tactics of torture, this Dispatches special provides a shocking insight into one of the world's most secretive countries.
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Iran Undercover: Inside the Hidden Revolution
In a film from 2003, reporter Jane Kokan risks her life to go undercover in Iran and obtain secret pictures showing the…
- Contains images of bodies and scenes depicting torture and the aftermath of violence which some may find disturbing
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