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JL;DR SUMMARY As tensions in Iran escalate toward a potential civil war, Mishpacha Magazine shares the harrowing experiences of dissidents who endured the country's most notorious prisons. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Mahsa AminiIranHuman RightsProtestsJournalismTortureDissidentsInterrogationsEhsan Pirbornash

Places mentioned

Sangsarveh, Yazd, Iran
"A gray morning rose over the northern Iranian town of Sangsarveh on October 28, 2022."
Sari, Yazd, Iran
"carrying Tehran-based journalist Ehsan Pirbornash and three members of his family. From a bend in the road, a silver sedan swerved in front of the Subaru, while a black Peugeot boxed them in from behind. Three men jumped out, dragged Pirbornash from the vehicle, and two hours later he was in a dimly lit interrogation room at a detention facility in Sari, capital of Mazandaran Province."
Qaimshahr, Yazd, Iran
"He spent ten days in the detention center before being moved to Qaimshahr Prison."
Tehran, Iran
"carrying Tehran-based journalist Ehsan Pirbornash and three members of his family."
Germany
"Pirbornash tells Mishpacha from his German home-in-exile, happy, he says, to be speaking with Israeli media."
Saudi Arabia
"Even as Pirbornash was being followed, he traveled briefly to Saudi Arabia to recover, and when he returned, the calls resumed."

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