How authoritarian regimes try to silence dissidents in exile

Published: Nov. 22, 2023, 2:05 p.m.

b"In July 2020, German-Iranian businessman and US resident Jamshid Sharmahd boarded an Emirates flight bound for India. Sharmahd had a layover in Dubai, where he checked into a hotel for the night. He then disappeared for a few days \\u2013 and resurfaced in a video where he was held captive by Iran's Revolutionary Guards."