Fereshteh Ghazi was arrested and jailed for 40 days after reporting on the case of Zahra Kazemi, an Iranian­-Canadian photojournalist who died in Evin Prison in 2003. While in detention, Ghazi was repeatedly subjected to mental torture. She was threatened with rape and accused of engaging in immoral relationships. In this video, she talks about the worst of the psychological torture she endured.

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