November 21, 2009
Iranian media reported this week that five people arrested in the protests following Iran’s presidential election have been sentenced to death. Tehran says the prisoners had connections to “counter-revolutionary groups,” but activists say Iran is going too far in persecuting dissenters. Host Scott Simon talks to Hadi Ghaemi, director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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