A special CNN report on Iran’s prisons has changed the media equations
On November 21st, CNN released a special report about the sexual assaults and abuses of Iranian prisoners and detainees, which included a special text and processing on the network’s news sites, a short and special documentary film about it, and lengthy interviews with its producer.
This report is accompanied by interviews and conversations with the victims of these assaults, verification of statements, and tracking of protest areas and locations, especially detention centers and prisons. The special and significant coverage that this report has given to specific events in Iran, along with the follow-ups by CNN’s news program makers after repeatedly broadcasting the news documentary, marks a significant transformation in the coverage of Iranian events in Western media.
