- Title: Dispatches: Iran Undercover: Inside The Hidden Revolution: Rushes Compilation
- Date: 15th November 2004
- Description:Rushes compiled from Channel 4 programme 'Iran Undercover'. Dispatches reporter Jane Kokan goes undercover in Iran to obtain secret pictures showing the barbarity the Iranian authorities want to keep hidden. She travels in the guise of a visiting archaeologist touring Iran. The following rushes comprise mainly stockshots of Iran's tourist sites and general views of Iranian life plus some shots of Istanbul and brief shots of Zagreb,Montreal and Amsterdam. The programme,broadcast on 2nd December 2003,shows Kokan investigating the death of fellow Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi,who was allegedly beaten to death after 77 hours of torture for filming students demonstrating outside Evin prison in Tehran. Kokan interviews leaders of Iran's hidden revolution and uncovers evidence of young people imprisoned and tortured for their opposition to the regime. Kokan,under constant surveillance by her government minders,risks her own life by meeting dissidents and manages to interview one young student leader,Amir Fakhravar on a mobile phone smuggled into his prison cell.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Hardcash Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:15/11/2004
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 2000s