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How Ahmad Batebi Survived Torture In Iran (60 Minutes interview)
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Posted on 04/05/2009 6:53:27 PM PDT by nuconvert

(CBS) Much of the attention on Iran over the last few years has focused on its mysterious nuclear program. Another mystery that has received far less attention is torture in Iran's prisons.

It's a story the Iranian government doesn't want you to hear; a story a man risked his life to tell. His name is Ahmad Batebi, and quite by accident he became one of the most famous dissidents in Iran.

He says he endured years of torture in an Iranian prison, after his picture appeared on the cover of The Economist magazine. He escaped from Iran last year, and told CNN's Anderson Cooper how he did it.

**(You can watch a video of the interview at the CBS source link above)

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; batebi; iran

1 posted on 04/05/2009 6:53:27 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: LibreOuMort

Ahmad Batebi ping


2 posted on 04/05/2009 7:10:30 PM PDT by sionnsar ((Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: AdmSmith; freedom44; Valin; Pan_Yans Wife; Army Air Corps; GOPJ

pong


3 posted on 04/05/2009 7:41:35 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Is it just me, or is this suddenly news now that we have a new administration?


4 posted on 04/05/2009 7:45:09 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: nuconvert

Torture? You mean the left-wingers’ idea of torture like panties on the head or barking dogs?

No?

Well, then, that’s certainly not newsworthy.


5 posted on 04/05/2009 7:46:44 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: marktwain

I was gonna ask, is this from SeeBS?????


6 posted on 04/05/2009 8:35:48 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: nuconvert

for later


7 posted on 04/05/2009 10:04:26 PM PDT by katykelly
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