well, evin prison, the notorious evin prison, just about north of tehran, and one of the neighbourhoodsand it was notorious back then, as well. and one of the story of the revolutionaries would tell as in opposition to the shah's richie was the conditions of the prison — and specifically this notorious prison —— shah's regime. and forfour and a half prison —— shah's regime. and for four and a half decades after the toppling of the previous regime, and with all the criticism of that regime, the criticism of that regime, the present remains, as we heard in some of the stories in the accounts of the women, a notorious one for both men and women, and some prisoners we hear of their stories of even worse conditions, sometimes what they are in more remote or rural areas, and some of the smaller prisons — even the regulations and some of the standards of the bigger city prisons don't even apply. find prisons don't even apply. and we should _ prisons don't even apply. and we should say, _ prisons don't even apply. and we should say, of— prisons don't even apply. and we should say, of course, we

the bbc has gained rare access to the unheard stories of women inside iran's notorious evin prison, including accounts of torture and threat of execution. thousands of women in iran were arrested after the woman, life, freedom movement in 2022. from multiple reliable sources, bbc 100 women has built a detailed picture of life inside the prison walls, revealing the stories of women who continue to protest for their rights despite the risks. this is nasim's story, narrated by nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was herself held in evin prison. and a warning, some viewers may find this distressing. they stopped my taxi, handcuffed and blindfolded me. there's no sound here. no trees. and itjust smells like poison. a poison that doesn't kill insects. before the protests, nasim lived an ordinary life, a hairdresser who loved rap music. i'm interrogated 10 to 12 hours every day. men molest you here and no—one cares. i survived by rapping protest songs to myself. when one of your friends gets shot and killed, you will never be the same person again. but there were moments i thought this darkness would nev

this is nasim's story, narrated by nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was herself held in evin prison. distressing.

this is nasim's story, narrated by nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was herself held in evin prison.xi, handcuffed and blindfolded me. before the protests, nasim lived an ordinary life. a hairdresser who loved rap music. i'm interrogated 10—12 hours every day. i survived by rapping protest songs to myself. but there were moments i thought this darkness would never end. nasim has been waiting for her sentence for 500 days. there are other women, too, suspended between life and death. every tuesday, the women protest against executions. even though the prison has caged us, it cannot cage our voices. today they announced my sentence — 7a lashes, six years in prison, 20 years in exile. i could breathe again. i embraced the life i felt i would lose at any moment. but the flow of executions has not stopped, so neither have our protests. and every tuesday, it repeats. the iranian government routinely denies allegations of human rights violations, and rejects claims that prisoners are mistreated. watch the full film, songs from inside, by bbc 100 women, on the world service youtube channel,

i was sent back to evin prison. >> matt gaetz you have not seen your twins, your children, since they were nine years old. that was back in 2015. i know you facetimed them because we have the the footage. when you came out just now and talked to them, you were able to speak to them for the first time in three years just recently. and your son, you know, called this conversation intense. what was it like for you being able to talk to your children again after three years? >> bodyu zamani. says all the three year period for you may not be too long, but for me, the changes i've seen in ali and kiana in these three years, i was amazed. i was actually a bit shocked. i felt that they had really grown up, and i felt that. and i'd lost a long period of being with them because when i left iran, they were eight and a half years old, and i remember i hugged them. ali and kiana, and we sang more gaza, which is a revolutionary song together. and that was ten years ago. but when three years ago, when i was on temporary release for a year, i felt i had there was a gap that had appeared in our relati

iranian officials but podcast company says she is being held in solitary confinement in iran's evin prisonsked the supreme court to pause a law that would effectively ban tiktok. jump�*s team said in light of the novelty and difficulty of the case the court should consider extending the deadline and give mr trump the deadline and give mr trump the opportunity to pursue a political solution. joining me now far more, professor of law and technology at georgetown university. ray to get you on this story. what is your reaction? this is pretty unusual to see an incoming president file a motion with the supreme court about a social media app. i the supreme court about a social media app.— social media app. i think it was really _ social media app. i think it was really quite _ social media app. i think it| was really quite spectacular move. it was an unusual move for someone who is not yet president but the president—elect to file an amicus brief and in a pending case before the supreme court. this is, you know, he had promised he would save tiktok. vote for me and i will save tiktok. this is an

siamak namazi was the longest held american in iran, a horrifying eight year ordeal in the evin prison, where he underwent solitary confinement and frequent psychological and physical torture. six months before his release, namazi bravely called in to our program from inside that prison to make this emotional plea to president biden. >> president biden, you and you alone have the power to deliver on the obama administration's broken promises to my family. i implore you, sir, to put the lives and liberty of innocent americans above all the politics involved, and to just do what's necessary to end this nightmare and bring us home. thank you. >> and in an extraordinary development, it worked. six months after that interview, he was released. iran and the now outgoing biden administration struck a deal to bring him and four other iranian americans back home. it took namazi another year to decide to go public with his ordeal, and to tell us what freedom feels like. so this holiday season, here is some of our exclusive interview. siamak, welcome back to the program. thank you very much. the

she spent most of the past two decades as an inmate of tehran's notorious evin prison, where many criticsf the regime are held. supporters say she's a political prisoner detained for working to advance women's rights and democracy. during a temporary medical leave from prison, she spoke exclusively with cnn's christiane amanpour. >> the moment they let me in the ambulance and i saw the streets, i felt liberated and i felt i could see a woman who was crossing the road without a headscarf, and they recognized me, and they greeted me, and and i started chanting, woman. life, freedom. herkimer's to ruth behar azadi. and i felt that this is not a movement that is going to lose its strength. and it's still going strong because our women are very strong. and i was filled with joy to see our women like that. and i greeted freedom because i realized i was not surrounded by guards and i could leave prison. but it was. i had a kind of dual feeling about leaving prison. >> i understand what you're saying, but i'm also i mean, i'm just so amazed that you would be leaving prison for only a period of ti

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officials but her podcast company leaves she was held in solitary confinement in iran's notorious evin prison mike inauguration as president but an emergency strategy is being applied to protect migrants here in the us by mexico. as us registered to put millions of migrants, juan ramon de la fuente announced an app ramon de la fuente announced an app called panic mode button and the mobile app will connect to a 20 hour a day, backed by... translation: in case you find yourself in a situation - where detention is imminent, you push the alert button. that sends a signal to the nearest consulate and to the relatives whose contact details you saved on the app. for more on this state of migrant rights in the us, i have been speaking with mary meg mccarthy, the executive director of the national immigrantjustice centre. the immigrant justice centre. the abbeys immigrantjustice centre. the abbeys are still being tested by the mexican government but i just wondered what is your reaction to this and specifically the events that prompted its creation in the first place. i prompted its creation in the f