Iran’s True Colors: Exiles in Albania Recall Torture and Death inside Regime Prisons

‘I couldn’t believe my eyes — that a Muslim government was doing this to other Muslims.’

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Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi attends a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 13, 2022.

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Tirana, Albania — It is the stuff of wild nightmares.

Despite the passage of three decades, for Iranian dissidents residing in a sprawling Albanian compound — far from their homeland — the torture and trauma of life inside an Iranian regime prison is still raw.

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Hollie McKay

Hollie McKay is a freelance journalist.

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