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Jan 2024
58m 58s

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi

CNN
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First: Jailed Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is still fighting for women's rights in Iran at great cost to herself and her family. Christiane speaks with her daughter, Kiana 

Plus: Origin is a movie like no other. Director Ava Duvernay takes a deep, inpiring dive into the origins of racism, America's original sin. 

And: Veteran columnist Thomas Friedman tells Walter Isaacson why Benjamin Netanyahu's cynical politics could hurt Israel and Joe Biden's presidency. 

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