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Masoud Behnoud

Masoud Behnoud is an Iranian journalist and writer who now works for the BBC.

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Akbar Ganji in the prison of Iran

The jailed Iranian journalist and dissident Akbar Ganji is defying the Tehran regime through hunger striking. Can international pressure save his life? Masoud Behnoud, Ganji’s former prison comrade and fellow journalist, reports.