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Chapter 8 Iran
December 27, 20192

Refuge #43 Fifty People in Stowage

Iranian refugees Maryam and Benham boarded a crowded cockroach-infested boat. Their people smuggler told them that they would reach Australia in 3 days.

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Chapter 8 Iran
December 20, 20192

Refuge #42 Crash Course in People Smuggling

Maryam describes how she and Benham flew from Iran to Malaysia where they met people smugglers who directed them to Indonesia.

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Chapter 8 Iran
December 13, 20192

Refuge #41 Interrogation and Confession

In Iran, Maryam is interrogated in a secret location and signs a confession, believing it to be the only way she will be released. She could not have known how that confession...

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Chapter 8 Iran
December 6, 20191

Refuge #40 Being apolitical is no defence

In Shiraz, Iran, Maryam was marching in the 2009 post-election demonstrations, calling for a freer society, when riot police charged into the crowd.

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