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In Iran, COVID-19 is creating a challenge to burial traditions. Fear of catching the virus has created a shortage in corpse-washers. It's down to volunteers to cleanse the bodies before burial.
The West says Iran is making a nuclear bomb. Tehran says they're treating cancer. This compelling investigation cuts to the heart of a political maelstrom, uncovering truths, lies and shocking allegations.
Mohammed Mostafaei is the most famous political exile in the world. He's a lawyer and was forced to flee Iran after defending Sakineh Ashtiani from death by stoning. Still defiant despite exile, he speaks here.
Under pressure from finite fossil fuel reserves and scrutiny from the West, Iran's Nuclear program has had a difficult road. This is the story of Iranian nuclear energy told from the other side.
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Beirut filmmaker Dimitri Khodr set out to Tehran to discover how Christians live in a fiercely Islamic state. His trail for clues leads him on a poetic and moving journey across the country to unearth the testimonies of the 175,000 Christians who still live in Iran. This week's documentary offers a glimpse at different side of Iran's inhabitants. Whilst some have completely acclimatised to the…
This week's documentary is the remarkable tale of how one man's passion for movies nearly revolutionised Islam in Iran. Cleric Ali Afsahi grew up believing that cinemas were dens of inequity that posed a grave threat to the Muslim faith. However, after he saw his first film, he became convinced that they held the key to promoting and understanding the essential premise of Islam: love. Keen to sp…
An evocative piece describing the front-line in Iran's war against desertification. Shifting sands are slowly swallowing farmland and settlements across the country, but the people are fighting back to preserve their land and heritage.
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