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Iran's state TV airs several ‘forced confessions’ after protest crackdown, activists say
Iranian state television in recent weeks have aired an an "unprecedented" number of coerced televised confessions following the latest deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests, according to human rights groups. Activists say the "forced confessions" are extracted by psychological and physical torture, and are a familiar tactic used in the past by Iranian authorities.
Iranian state television in recent weeks have aired an an "unprecedented" number of coerced televised confessions following the latest deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests, according to human rights groups. Activists say the "forced confessions" are extracted by psychological and physical torture, and are a familiar tactic used in the past by Iranian authorities.
