October 3, 2024

41 minutes

Available for over a year

A bonus episode from the Lives Less Ordinary podcast. British-Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori spent years in one of Iran’s toughest prisons after being snatched off the street by security forces. He was falsely accused of espionage, but realised he'd become a pawn in a game of global politics.

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Presenter: Mobeen Azhar

Producer: Harry Graham