The Torture State

They kick them. They whip them. They rape them. In Iranian prisons, the regime is brutally torturing its own citizens. Here, more than a dozen survivors tell their stories.

The Torture State

They kick them. They whip them. They rape them. In Iranian prisons, the regime is brutally torturing its own citizens. Here, more than a dozen survivors tell their stories.

By Daniel Drepper, Bamdad Esmaili, Ben Heubl, Kristiana Ludwig, Faranak Rafiei, Dunja Ramadan, Carim Soliman, Nadja Tausche, Lea Weinmann; Illustrations by Stefan Dimitrov
February 2, 2023 - 13 min. reading time

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