Exclusive: Protester who survived Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown speaks to CNN

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Exclusive: Protester who survived Iranian regime's brutal crackdown speaks to CNN

Ashkan Morovati is something of a hero for many Iranians. A video emerged in October 2022 showing the Kurdish Iranian boxer bare-chested, surrounded by more than a dozen regime forces as he was trying to fend them off with a knife - then, shots are heard and he falls to his knees. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh speaks to Morovati after he survived the unimaginable, brutal crackdown and narrowly escaped the country while severely injured.

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