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[00:00:00] thought that that was the biggest biggest compliment ever. My support
[00:00:02] support for Ukraine is unwavering.
[00:00:05] unwavering. It is 100% when. The
[00:00:07] The big names talk, they talk to
[00:00:11] to us.
[00:00:22] Welcome back. Iran has seen a
[00:00:24] year of turbulence with widespread widespread street protests. That
[00:00:27] That brutal crackdown by the authorities. authorities. And of course, the start
[00:00:30] start of US Israeli war on the country. country. Now BBC Panorama has secured
[00:00:34] secured rare access to people inside inside Iran whose lives have been
[00:00:38] been changed forever by those events. events. Among them is a mother who
[00:00:41] who was forced to flee the country country after her daughter was killed
[00:00:44] killed during anti-government protests. protests. We're going to hear from from the producer and director of
[00:00:48] of this documentary in a moment. moment. But first, let's get a flavour
[00:00:52] flavour of it. Hey, I'm sorry to
[00:00:57] to contact you so late. Please look
[00:01:00] look out for anyone following you.
[00:01:03] you. It's obviously really important important that you're not caught
[00:01:06] caught with the footage. My name's
[00:01:11] name's Gesbeen Mohammad. I'm talking
[00:01:13] talking to a cameraman inside Iran.
[00:01:16] Iran. I knew the risks. Imprisonment,
[00:01:24] Imprisonment, torture and execution.
[00:01:25] execution. And I accept them. He's
[00:01:29] He's been filming Iranians who want
[00:01:31] want to speak out. The war has been
[00:01:36] been focused on the American Israel
[00:01:38] Israel war on Iran. But Iranians
[00:01:43] Iranians have not had the opportunity
[00:01:45] opportunity to tell their story of
[00:01:47] of 2002 and six freely and truthfully.
[00:01:54] truthfully. I have been filming the
[00:01:56] the pupils a story. The one the Islamic
[00:02:02] Islamic Republic doesn't want the
[00:02:05] the war to see. I've been filming
[00:02:08] filming people who've just escaped.
[00:02:17] escaped. MUSIC
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[00:02:22] Locomotives hauling. MUSIC
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[00:02:38] This is the story of their year
[00:02:40] in Iran uprising war and defiance.
[00:02:49] defiance. The boys. Man. Arthur C
[00:02:56] C Clarke Kimi Harry Farley Nam nam
[00:03:00] nam nam. It's incredibly powerful
[00:03:10] powerful testimony in the documentary. documentary. And I've been speaking speaking to Gesbeen Mohammad. She
[00:03:13] She made this film for Panorama and and she gave me more detail about
[00:03:17] about who she's been speaking to.
[00:03:19] to. Well, this is really the inside inside story of how some Iranian
[00:03:23] Iranian lives have been shaped by by the protests that we saw at the
[00:03:26] the start of the year, as well as
[00:03:28] as the US Israel war that began in
[00:03:31] in February on Iran. And it's really
[00:03:32] really a portrait of the contributors
[00:03:35] contributors story told through their their eyes and in their words. And
[00:03:38] And I suppose in a year where we've we've heard a lot about the Strait
[00:03:42] Strait of Hormuz, oil prices and
[00:03:44] and big political statements, this this documentary really puts human human stories at the centre of it
[00:03:48] it all. And I think all of the contributors contributors that we meet in the
[00:03:52] the documentary each have their own own unique stories and experiences,
[00:03:56] experiences, whether that be about about the war or the protests. One
[00:04:00] One of those women is Samira, who who has obviously experienced a huge
[00:04:04] huge amount of pain because her daughter daughter died during the protest
[00:04:07] protest and then she had to go into
[00:04:09] into exile. What's her story? Well, Well, Samira is a protester, but
[00:04:13] but she that makes her also a witness witness to the Iranian authorities
[00:04:17] authorities violent response to the the protests in January, while the
[00:04:20] the internet was shut down. And she
[00:04:22] she says in the film that her daughter daughter was shot right in front
[00:04:26] front of her on the streets while
[00:04:28] while protesting. Vision of the Danny
[00:04:37] Danny Shaw Daniel Bush human Wild
[00:04:39] Wild Horse Nine Will Vernon Meghan
[00:04:41] Meghan Owen Begam or the village
[00:04:46] village Monica Miller. And after
[00:04:52] after her daughter's death, Samira Samira was regularly targeted by
[00:04:55] by the Iranian authorities, she says,
[00:04:57] says, and even in exile she has been
[00:05:00] been charged with a string of offences offences which could lead to a death
[00:05:03] death penalty if she returns to Iran.
[00:05:06] Iran. But despite this, she remains
[00:05:08] remains defiant. And Geshe, tell tell us a bit more about the people
[00:05:12] people who are caught up in those those protests, including like medics medics who actually had to go and
[00:05:16] and treat people. Yes. Well, the the Iranian authorities say obviously
[00:05:20] obviously there are many people that that were wounded and the Iranian
[00:05:22] Iranian authorities say more than
[00:05:25] than 3000 people were killed in the the protests, including members of
[00:05:29] of the security forces. But one human human rights group, the human Rights
[00:05:32] Rights Activists News Agency, says
[00:05:35] says more than 7000 people were killed, killed, mostly protesters, and Milad,
[00:05:39] Milad, not his real name, works as
[00:05:41] as a medic. His voice has been disguised, disguised, he says. Hospitals struggle
[00:05:44] struggle to cope with the numbers
[00:05:47] numbers arriving for treatment. I
[00:05:49] I treated old people, middle aged
[00:05:52] aged people and teenagers. They were
[00:05:54] were shot at with the intent to kill
[00:05:57] kill in the head in the neck in the
[00:06:03] the genitals. And Panorama did write write to the London Embassy, the
[00:06:06] the Iranian Embassy in London for
[00:06:09] for a response about the allegations allegations contained in the film,
[00:06:12] film, and they told Panorama that that peaceful and legitimate protests
[00:06:15] protests had been hijacked by foreign
[00:06:17] foreign powers, including the US.,
[00:06:19] US., which it says promoted violence, violence, provided weapons and equipment
[00:06:23] equipment and compromise public security.
[00:06:25] security. These voices it's incredibly incredibly important for people to
[00:06:29] to hear and so difficult to get these these kind of interviews. And I understand
[00:06:33] understand how sensitive this is. is. But can you tell us a bit more
[00:06:35] more about how you managed to obtain obtain some of these interviews? interviews? Well, as you can, as
[00:06:39] as you say, making a film like this
[00:06:42] this inside Iran comes with a range
[00:06:44] range of obstacles and risks. But
[00:06:47] But we had very from, you know, from from filming to getting the rushes
[00:06:50] rushes out, we had very strict protocols protocols throughout to keep everyone
[00:06:53] everyone safe and obviously to protect
[00:06:55] protect everyone. I can't say exactly
[00:06:58] exactly how we made this film, but but all of those that spoke to us
[00:07:01] us wanted were brave and wanted to to do so despite the risks. Well,
[00:07:05] Well, if you're in the UK you can can watch Panorama, Iran The People's
[00:07:09] People's Story on iPlayer now and
[00:07:10] and it's on BBC One tonight at 8
[00:07:13] 8 pm. A man who set off to walk around
[00:07:16] around the world 28 years ago has has returned home today. Karl Bushby
[00:07:19] Bushby has become the first person
[00:07:20] person to complete a round the world
[00:07:23] world walk of 31,000 miles. That's
[00:07:25] That's 50,000km. I think Karl Bushby
[00:07:28] Bushby himself is trying to digest
[00:07:31] digest the enormity of what he's he's done. He's kind of returning
[00:07:34] returning to his city after 28 years.
[00:07:37] years. That has changed in many ways. ways. Physically changed. He actually
[00:07:40] actually got lost in a supermarket supermarket car park on his way into
[00:07:44] into Hull City centre because the the supermarket back in 1998 hadn't
[00:07:48] hadn't been built. But a very emotional
[00:07:50] emotional day for him. He's met up
[00:07:52] up with his mum and his son. He'd He'd seen them before because they'd
[00:07:56] they'd flown out to parts of his his journey, but for the first time
[00:08:00] time in the last 24 hours, he met
[00:08:02] met a grandchild that had been born
[00:08:05] born in, in his absence. So in the the last few minutes, he's actually
[00:08:08] actually arrived at his mum's house house north of here, about four miles
[00:08:11] miles north. Of course, four miles.
[00:08:13] miles. Just a skip and a jump to
[00:08:16] to someone who has walked 31,000 31,000 miles. So he's met up with
[00:08:19] with his mum. She has said that, that, you know, she'd be waiting
[00:08:22] waiting at the garden gate for him him and the kettle would be on. So
[00:08:25] So you presume that process is is
[00:08:28] is under way. But there's been enormous enormous media interest. There's There's been a helicopter over the
[00:08:31] the house filming and a big crowd crowd of people, local people supporting
[00:08:34] supporting him. Veterans have turned turned out here as well to sort of
[00:08:38] of wave him on because Carl is a a former paratrooper and those veterans
[00:08:42] veterans have praised his spirit
[00:08:44] spirit of doggedness and determination determination and tenacity. And so
[00:08:48] so the Welcome home party finished finished here about an hour ago.
[00:08:51] ago. Local MP welcomes him. The Lord Lord mayor praised him. A few words
[00:08:54] words were read out from Andy Burnham, Burnham, the Prime Minister, just
[00:08:58] just saying how much admiration he
[00:09:00] he had for Carl. But this is a unique
[00:09:03] unique achievement. It'll take a
[00:09:04] a while for him to kind of digest
[00:09:09] digest what he's done and he'll have have plenty of time to share his
[00:09:12] his stories in the months ahead, ahead, I would imagine. Paul, we're we're looking at a picture of him
[00:09:16] him and his mum. I mean, what a moment moment that would be for both of
[00:09:19] of them really. But the big question
[00:09:21] question is still why? Why did he
[00:09:25] he do it? Yeah, I wish I wish I could
[00:09:28] could give you the answer to that that really. And I think the best
[00:09:31] best I can do with that is to say
[00:09:33] say that Carl set himself a challenge challenge 28 years ago because he
[00:09:37] he felt that he wanted to make his his mark in life. He wanted to sort
[00:09:40] sort of leave behind his childhood childhood home in Hull and have an
[00:09:44] an adventure. Now he actually rang
[00:09:47] rang our office at the BBC in Hull Hull 28 years ago, and he didn't
[00:09:50] didn't really take him that seriously. seriously. But we perhaps should
[00:09:54] should have taken him more seriously
[00:09:55] seriously than we did. I think he
[00:09:58] he certainly now feels that he's he's fulfilled that appetite for
[00:10:01] for adventure. He's been across deserts,
[00:10:04] deserts, swum the Caspian Sea, confronted confronted polar bears in the Arctic,
[00:10:07] Arctic, been arrested by the Russians
[00:10:10] Russians for spying. Of course he he wasn't spying. So all of these
[00:10:14] these challenges. He reckons that
[00:10:17] that had he just walked continuously, continuously, it would have taken
[00:10:20] taken about 15 years. But he's had
[00:10:21] had several setbacks to do with visas
[00:10:24] visas and politics and weather and and running out of money. And he's
[00:10:28] he's had to fly back to his base base in Mexico. But finally today
[00:10:31] today after setting out, he is back back home at his mother's house trying
[00:10:35] trying to work out the next chapter. chapter. Before I go, let's just
[00:10:38] just take you live to a courtroom
[00:10:40] courtroom in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, where Lindsay Clancy
[00:10:44] Clancy is there for a hearing that that could determine whether she
[00:10:47] she will be retried for killing her her three young children at her home
[00:10:50] home in 2023. You might remember
[00:10:53] remember that a jury deadlocked her her first trial, so arguments are
[00:10:57] are being heard at the moment. We'll We'll keep across this for you. Matthew
[00:11:00] Matthew is next and I'll see you
[00:11:01] you again tomorrow. Bye-bye.
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