Emad Tayefen left the Islamic Republic to complete Public Enemies,a documentary showcasing activists who don’t have the power to find heardEmad Tayefeh remembers the moment in early August when the bus approached Irans border with Turkey. “My heart was beating so snappily,” he said. I wasn’t allowed to leave the country, and I’d bribed the border police to find an exit permit. I had to cross the border without wasting time. His only luggage was a backpack in which he was carrying a hard disk with videos of dissidents he had recently recorded. Among them was the mother of Saeed Zeinali talking approximately her son,who was just 22 when he disappeared during the student unrest of 1999.
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Source: theguardian.com