The use of forced confessions is standard practice in Iran’s judicial system. Journalists, writers, artists, scholars and political activists are time and again pressured to confess against themselves, and their false confessions are often broadcast on television.

Iranian journalist Siamak Ghaderi was imprisoned for four years in connection with his journalism activities. In this video, he recalls the story of an inmate who was forced to confess on TV.

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Siamak Ghaderi - Cleric Fainted When Forced to Confess on TV from Journalism is not a crime on Vimeo.

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Working as a Journalist in Iran: The Psychological Impacts

Siamak Ghaderi - 9 months Imprisonment

Siamak Ghaderi - Torture in Toilet

Siamak Ghaderi - Imprisonment’s Effect on Family Life

Siamak Ghaderi - Cleric Fainted When Forced to Confess on TV

Farzaneh Mirzavand: A Journalist’s Wife

Fereshteh Ghazi - Illegal Arrest

Fereshteh Ghazi - They Broke My Nose During Interrogation

Fereshteh Ghazi - Charged with Espionage

Fereshteh Ghazi - I Was Put in a Cell With Dangerous Criminals

Fereshteh Ghazi - My Interrogator Lied that My Mother had Died

Shahram Rafizadeh - Sexual Innuendo

Shahram Rafizadeh - “Miracle Room”

Naeimeh Doostdar - Detained on a Plane

Naeimeh Doostdar - Evin, The Notorious Prison

Naeimeh Doostdar - Psychological Tortures

Naeimeh Doostdar - They Ignored Our Feminine Needs