EPISODE · Nov 22, 2023 · 30 MIN
How authoritarian regimes try to silence dissidents in exile
from World in Progress · host DW
In July 2020, German-Iranian businessman and US resident Jamshid Sharmahd boarded an Emirates flight bound for India. Sharmahd had a layover in Dubai, where he checked into a hotel for the night. He then disappeared for a few days – and resurfaced in a video where he was held captive by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
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