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Podcast: Art Under Attack
Podcast: Art Under Attack
05 June 2015 by Editor

Officially, Iran says it doesn't imprison people for their opinions.
But a Tehran court has just sentenced a 29-year-old artist, Atena Farghadani, to more than twelve years in prison.
Her main "crime" was to draw a picture of Iranian politicians as animals.

This week, Roland Elliott Brown looks at her case.

Read the full transcript of the podcast here.

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