Rosewater, a 2014 film written and directed by Jon Stewart, is based on the memoir by Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari about his time in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison.

For the first time on film, six victims of Iran’s torture chambers speak. These are not criminals, but acclaimed writers, journalists, and scholars.

Even as the policy debate has intensified over Iran, the struggle of Iranians to advance democracy and human rights under increasingly repressive conditions is too often being overlooked.

On the second anniversary of Iran’s controversial June 2009 presidential elections, the Iranian regime continues to live in fear of internal subversion while reformist activists are struggling to chart a path forward amidst deaths, imprisonment, and heavy repression.