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NSU Distinguished Speakers Series Present: Maziar Bahari - October 10, 2012

NSU Distinguished Speakers Series Present: Maziar Bahari - October 10, 2012

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Bahari, an Iranian Canadian, served as a Newsweek correspondent for more than a decade, covering Iranian economic, political, and cultural life. In 2009, he was arrested in Tehran while reporting on the presidential election protests. Bahari was picked up by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard and sent to Evin Prison, which is notorious for torturing political prisoners.

Accused of “masterminding the coverage of the Iranian election by the Western media” and being a spy for the Mossad, the MI6, and the CIA, Bahari was held in solitary confinement for most of his 118 days in captivity. He was repeatedly beaten and was forced to give a televised false confession. After international pressure mounted and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed interest in his case, Bahari was released on $300,000 bail.

Bahari’s story of resilience was the subject of a 60 Minutes segment and a Newsweek cover story. In 2011, he published a memoir detailing the overseas ordeal, titled, Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival. The book became a New York Times bestseller.

  • Don Rosenblum
  • Stephen Andon
  • Maziar Bahari

Original Date

10-18-2012

Date Digitized

4-3-2026

Keywords

arrest, bail, beating, Bahari, captivity, CIA, confession, correspondent, coverage, cultural life, economic life, election protests, Evin Prison, false confession, Hillary Clinton, imprisonment, intelligence agencies, international pressure, Iranian-Canadian, Iranian election, Iranian life, MI6, memoir, Mossad, Newsweek, New York Times bestseller, political prisoners, political life, presidential election, protests, release, reporting, resilience, solitary confinement, spy accusations, survival, Tehran, torture, Western media

Disciplines

Film and Media Studies | Technical and Professional Writing

Original Format

DVD

Run Time

00:45:32

Repository

NSU Archives, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Distinguished Speakers Series Present: Maziar Bahari - October 10, 2012

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