from the New Yorker:
Perhaps no one has done more to undermine the effect of forced confessions than Ebrahim Nabavi, an exiled Iranian satirist who has released a parody confession video. Dressed in striped pajamas and wearing bandages, he confesses to meeting with a C.I.A. agent, importing green velvet, and having affairs with Carla Bruni and Angelina Jolie (”She has a very ugly and terrible husband.”) He apologizes to the Supreme Leaders and to the paramilitaries who “kindly” beat him.
The video:
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Extra:
a. Ebrahim Nabavi about Akbar Ganji:
on Dec 1st, 2009 at 10:03 pm
[...] from Edinburgh arrive; Horst Schlammer appears; Patton Oswalt debuts on Letterman; we learn about Ebrahim Nabavi; The Kids in the Hall return; Scott and Amy are here to help; we learn about laughter, humor, and [...]