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WATCH: Escaping IRGC detention, exclusive eyewitness testimony and pictures from inside Iran

Rouzy Vafaie, an Iranian-American, escaped Iran after being beaten and interrogated at gunpoint. He spoke to me exclusively for Times Radio in London.

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Suzanne Kianpour
Apr 02, 2026
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I’ve known Rouzy Vafaie for many years; unusually he’s a US / Iranian dual national who’s felt confident enough to live inside Iran, even as the war began. We’ve been in touch throughout, even though communicating with people outside Iran, let alone with journalists, carries huge risk. He told me he was planning to leave via the border with Armenia, but…

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