Maziar Bahari on 60 Minutes: “Witness”

Original Photo: AP/Hossein Salehi Ara

Original Photo: AP/Hossein Salehi Ara

Watch Iranian writer (and much more), Maziar Bahari, talk to 60 Minutes‘ Bob Simon about his imprisonment and recent release from Tehran’s uber-jail Evin, in an interview that aired on Sunday November 22nd.

We’re just grateful that Bahari was able to make it out alive, despite the torture and interrogation (Basiji/Sepahi style) he says he experienced while in detainment at Evin prison in Iran.

Be sure to check out the upcoming copy of Newsweek and read more of his story as it will be further explored by Bahari himself.

 

 

 

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