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Iranian Environmental Scientist - Kaveh Madani

Iranian Environmental Scientist - Kaveh Madani

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Why has environmental activism become so dangerous in Iran?

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Since the beginning of 2018, the Iranian Government has locked up
a number of environmental scientists and campaigners. One
respected conservationist was found hanged in his cell in what
the authorities said was a suicide. What is going on? HARDtalk’s
Stephen Sackur speaks to Kaveh Madani, a scientist invited back
to Iran from an academic post in London to be deputy head of the
Environment Department. He got caught up in the crackdown and
fled Iran in April. Why has environmental activism become so
dangerous in Iran?

(Photo: Kaveh Madani)